allô
French
Alternative forms
- allo (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lo/
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Interjection
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, Missouri, Louisiana) hello (as a in-person greeting)
- (informal) hello! (implying someone is not paying attention to the obvious)
Usage notes
- Using "allô" as a greeting is normal in Quebec and Louisiana, but particularly rude in Europe, where it should be avoided.
Descendants
Further reading
- “allô”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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