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hallow

/ˈhæloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
hal-low
IPA
/ˈhæloʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A saint; a holy person; an apostle.

noun

The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.

Obsolete

verb

To make holy, to sanctify.

Transitive verb

verb

To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

noun

A shout, cry; a hulloo.

adj

Alternative spelling of hollow.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-Germanic *hailagazder. Proto-Germanic *hailagô Proto-West Germanic *hailagō Old English hālga Middle English halwe English hallow Inherited from Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English hālga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heiliger (“saint (male)”) / Heilige (“saint (female)”). More at holy, whole.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: halwe, hālga, *hailagô, *hailaz, *kéh₂ilos, halwen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhæloʊ/
  • British English: /ˈhæləʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hallows (plural) hallows (present, singular) hallowing (participle, present) hallowed (participle, past) hallowed (past) halow (alternative, obsolete) alow (alternative, obsolete) a lo (alternative, obsolete) hallo (alternative) hollo (alternative) more hallow (comparative) most hallow (superlative)

Derived Forms

hallowdom hallowed Halloween Hallowmas Hallowmass behallow dishallow hallower overhallow rehallow unhallow hallowly

Phrases

All Hallows All Hallows' Eve Hallow-day Hallow-eve Hallow-fair Hallow-tide Reedley Hallows

Synonyms

consecrate bless sanctify

Homonyms

hollow (father-bother merger)

Rhymes With

shallow palo gallo callow tallow mallow cavallo ballo gallow rallo barbagallo pallo

Questions

How do you pronounce hallow?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæloʊ/.
What does hallow mean?
A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
Where does hallow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hallow

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