a-lô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French allô, from English hello.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ lo˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: a lô
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Interjection

a-lô

  1. (telephony) hello (when answering the telephone)
    Synonym: nghe
    • 2012, Joe Ruelle, “Chuyện Linh và Lucy [Linh or Lucy?]”, in Ngược chiều vun vút [Whooshing toward the Other Way]‎[1]:
      Peter. Phước yêu… Alô? Alô, anh còn đó không?
      Peter. Phước dear… Hello? Hello, you're still there?

Verb

a-lô

  1. (colloquial) to call someone on a telephone
  2. (slang) to vomit
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