hall
A corridor; a hallwayA corridor; a hallway.
» Not a sound was to be heard in the concert hall.
Из концертного зала не раздавалось ни звука.
Жодного звуку не було чутно в концертній залі.
Meaning
10 sensesA corridor; a hallway.
The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
Flur, Gang, Korridor
коридо́рkoridór, приёмнаяprijómnaja, вестибю́льvestibjúlʹ
передпо́кійperedpókij, холxol, фойє́fojjé
A large meeting room.
The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
Halle, Saal, Aula
залzal, за́лаzála
залzal
the large room of a manor or castle
A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
Herrenhaus
уса́дьбаusádʹba, поме́стьеpoméstʹje
A building providing student accommodation at a university.
The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
Studentenwohnheim
общежи́тиеobščežítije
гурто́житокhurtóžytok
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
The principal room of a secular medieval building.
Saal, Halle
залzal, за́лаzála
A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall
(India)A living room.
a large entrance or reception room or area
A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
(obsolete)Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
Examples
580 sentencesNot a sound was to be heard in the concert hall.
Жодного звуку не було чутно в концертній залі. — ChickenKiev
ruИз концертного зала не раздавалось ни звука. — afyodor
I enjoyed the concert except that the hall was cold.
На концерті було весело, але в залі було холодно. — Internecivus
ruМне понравился концерт, за исключением того, что в зале было холодно. — Biga
deDas Konzert hat mir schon gefallen — bis auf die Tatsache, dass es kalt im Saal war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Leave your umbrella in the hall.
Залиште парасолю у вітальні. — iceman
ruОставьте ваш зонтик в прихожей. — Hellerick
This hall was full of people.
ruЭтот зал был полон людей. — odexed
There's a telephone in the hall.
deEin Telefon ist in der Diele. — Dejo
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, houInherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).
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Forms
plural: hallsSynonyms
19 synonyms- United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907):Asaph Hall
- United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871):Charles Francis Hall
- United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914):Charles Martin Hall
- United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924):G. Stanley HallGranville Stanley Hall
- English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943):Radclyffe HallMarguerite Radclyffe Hall
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open:hallway
Word family
68 related wordsCollocations
11 patterns- down the hall
- in the hall
- the city hall
- city hall
- the concert hall
- concert hall
- across the hall
- the hall closet
- of the hall
- hall closet
- the hall to