a-lô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

a lô, alô, alo

Etymology

From French allô/allo, from English hello.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ lo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]

Interjection

a-lô

(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]‎:
  Peter. Phước yêu… Alô? Alô, anh còn đó không?
  Peter. Phước yêu… Hello? Hello, you're still there?

Verb

a-lô

(colloquial) to call someone on a telephone
(slang) to vomit

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