halt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.3 Adjective 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 3 Hungarian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːlt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle High German halt (imperative of halten); Old High German haltan. (Eng. usg. ca. 1598 in one sense, the intransitive verb sense wasn't used until 1656)

[edit] Verb

to halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

1. (intransitive) to stop either temporarily or permanently
2. (transitive) to cause something to stop
   • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
3. (intransitive) to waver or be hesitant

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[edit] Noun

halt (plural halts)

1. a cessation either temporary or permanent
   • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
2. a minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom
   • The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

[edit] Translations

• German: Halt de(de) m. (1), Blockierung de(de) f. (1), Pause de(de) (1), Halteplatz de(de) m. (4), Haltestelle de(de) f. (4)

[edit] Etymology 2

As used before the 12th century. From the Old English healt, akin to Old High German halz^[1], lame, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍄𐍃 (halts).^[2]. Cognates include Danish halt.

[edit] Verb

to halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

1. to proceed lamely
2. to waver
3. to falter

[edit] Noun

halt (plural halts)

1. (dated) lameness; a limp.
2. (used with a plural verb) lame people, esp. severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the)
   • the halt and the blind.

[edit] Adjective

halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)

1. lame

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ w:Merriam-Webster Dictionary, halt: "ME, from OE healt; akin to OHG halz, lame"
2. ^ Etymology of halt

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ahlt
• lath

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adjective

halt

1. lame

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

past participle of hal

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɒlt/

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halt

1. died

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [hal̪ˠt̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

halt

1. Mutated form of alt.