allô
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
allô
- (telephony) hello (when answering at the beginning of a call)
- (telephony) used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening
- Allô? Tu m’entends? ― Hello? You hear me?
- (Quebec, Louisiana) hello (as a in-person greeting)
- (informal) hello! (implying someone is not paying attention to the obvious)
Usage notes[edit]
- Using "allô" as a greeting is normal in Quebec and Louisiana, but particularly rude in Europe, where it should be avoided.
Descendants[edit]
- → Romanian: alo
- → Russian: алло́ (alló)
- → Spanish: aló
- → Turkish: alo
- → Vietnamese: a-lô
- → Hijazi Arabic: ألو
Further reading[edit]
- “allô”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.