Hall

See also: hall, häll, håll, háll, and Häll

English

Etymology

The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles.

Proper noun

Hall

  1. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a hall.
  2. A surname of German origin for someone associated with a salt mine.
  3. An Anglo-Norman surname.

Noun

Hall (plural Halls)

  1. (Britain, rail transport) Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.
  2. A surname.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hall is the 45th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407,076 individuals. Hall is most common among White (72.7%) and Black/African American (21.6%) individuals.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Hall.

Proper noun

Hall

  1. a surname

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hal. Cognate with Middle Low German hal (loud; echoing; clear), Old High German hellan (to sound; resound), Old English hiellan (to make a noise; sound; blast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

Hall m (genitive Halls or Halles, plural Halle)

  1. echo, resonance, reverberation
    • 1838, Heinrich Ernst Bindseil, Abhandlungen zur allgemeinen vergleichenden Sprachlehre, Hamburg, p. 26:
      Mehrere Halle können zugleich entstehen, da mehr als eine jener Schallwellen eine solche Hemmung erleiden kann.
    • 1856, Rumburger Anzeiger. No. 48. 27. November 1856, p. 197:
      „Ei,“ dachte ich, „es befindet sich ein Nachtwandler wie ich selbst auf der Chaussee, und die Stille der Nacht führt den Hall seiner Schritte zu mir herüber.“ Indeß die Stärke und die Deutlichkeit dieses Halles standen offenbar in keinem Verhältnisse zu einer solchen Entfernung.
    • 1968 Hans Schimank (translator), Otto von Guerickes neue (sogenannte) Magdeburger Versuche über den leeren Raum. Reprinted 1996 and 2013, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, p. 102:
      Ebenso klar und deutlich, wie man den Hall der Klapper beim Anschlag des Klöppels vor dem Auspumpen hören konnte []
      Just as clearly as it was possible to hear the echo of the rattle when the clapper struck before being pumped out []
    • 2000, edited by Walter Busch and Ingo Breuer, Robert Musil: Die Amsel. Kritische Lektüren - Letture critiche. Materialien aus dem Nachlaß, Edition Sturzflüge, p. 147:
      In unserem Fall erscheint der Ton als Echo eines Halles, der schon einmal ergangen scheint.
    • 2012, Alexander Jahn, Licht und Schatten, Auswüchse der Finsternis. epubli, →ISBN, p. 401:
      Dann erklang das seltsamste Geräusch, das Seramis je vernommen hatte. Ein ohrenbetäubender Donner, lauter als alles was sie je gehört hatte, doch der Hall blieb aus. Donner ohne Hall.
      Then came the sound of the most peculiar noise Seramis had ever perceived. Deafening thunder, louder than anything she had ever heard, but there was no echo. Thunder without an echo.
    • 2017, Jelle Behnert, Das Haus der schwarzen Schwäne, Aufbau Digital, →ISBN, no page number:
      Wenn alle Mädchen in den Nachtkammern der Fabrik lagen, ging die Tür zum Keller mit einem Hall zu.
      When all the girls were lying in the factory's night chambers, the door to the cellar closed with an echo.

Usage notes

  • The simplex chiefly refers to an echo that is clipped or overlays with the original sound, as is often found in big rooms or caves. An echo that repeats the full sound after the original sound has ceased, as can be produced in mountains, will usually be specified as Widerhall, or more commonly Echo.

Declension

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French hall, from English hall. Doublet of inherited Hal (hall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːl/, /hol/
  • IPA(key): /hal/, [hɑl] (rare)
    • Rhymes: -oːl, -ol, -ɑl

Noun

Hall m (plural Hallen)

  1. foyer, lobby, hall, hallway (room, especially near the entrance, which connects other rooms)

See also

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