hello
英 [hə'ləʊ; he-]
美 [hɛˈlo, hə-]
- こんにちは
- n. あいさつ、驚き、注意を表す言葉。
- n.(ハロー)人の名前；（仏）Hélo.
語源
ハローハロー電話の普及によって広く普及した感嘆詞、挨拶語。heyとloの合成語。
英語の語源
- hello
- 1883, alteration of hallo, itself an alteration of holla, hollo, a shout to attract attention, which seems to go back to at least c. 1400. Perhaps from holla! "stop, cease." OED cites Old High German hala, hola, emphatic imperative of halon, holon "to fetch," "used especially in hailing a ferryman." Fowler lists halloo, hallo, halloa, halloo, hello, hillo, hilloa, holla, holler, hollo, holloa, hollow, hullo, and writes, "The multiplicity of forms is bewildering ...." Popularity as a greeting coincides with use of the telephone, where it won out over Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion, ahoy. Central telephone exchange operators were known as hello-girls (1889).
Hello, formerly an Americanism, is now nearly as common as hullo in Britain (Say who you are; do not just say 'hello' is the warning given in our telephone directories) and the Englishman cannot be expected to give up the right to say hello if he likes it better than his native hullo. [H.W. Fowler, "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage," 1926]
例文
- 1. I answered the phone and this voice went, " Hello ? Is that Alison？"
- 電話を取ると、「もしもし？エリソンですか？」
- 2という声が聞こえてきた。A moment later, Cohen picked up the phone. " Hello ?「
- しばらくすると、コーエンは電話に出た。「もしもし？」
- 3.」 Hello , I don't think we've met," Robert introduced himself.
- 「こんにちは、私たちはまだ見たことがないと思います」とロバートは自己紹介した。
- 4." Hello there，"said the woman，smiling at them.—'Hi！'they chorused.
「ねえ、こんにちは！」その女性は笑って彼らに言った。——「こんにちは！」彼らは声をそろえて言った。
- 5. Hello Freddy，it 's only me，Maxine.
- こんにちは、フレディ！私です、マクシン。