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hall
hall (entrance lobby) /ˈhal/
noun#4629 most common
Also: lobby, foyer, vestibule
Example sentences
Aștept în hall.
I am waiting in the lobby.
Recepția hotelului este lângă hall.
The hotel reception is next to the lobby.
Am lăsat bagajele în hall-ul hotelului.
I left the luggage in the hotel's lobby.
Expoziția de artă modernă se deschide în noul hall al muzeului.
The modern art exhibition opens in the museum's new hall.
Arhitectul a proiectat un hall spațios, cu tavan din sticlă, pentru a impresiona vizitatorii.
The architect designed a spacious hall, with a glass ceiling, to impress visitors.
În romanele interbelice, personajele se întâlneau adesea în hall-ul somptuos al marilor hoteluri bucureștene.
In interwar novels, the characters often met in the sumptuous hall of Bucharest's grand hotels.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hall / hall-ul | hall-uri / hall-urile |
| Genitive | hall / hall-ului | hall-uri / hall-urilor |
| Accusative | hall / hall-ul | hall-uri / hall-urile |
| Vocative | hall-ule | hall-urilor |
Word family
holhallway, entrance lobby (the standard modern spelling)
halăindustrial or market hall
foaierfoyer (of a theater or concert hall)
vestibulvestibule, entrance chamber
Etymology
Romanian took "hall" directly from French "hall" in the late 19th or early 20th century, at a time when French was the main channel for Western vocabulary. The French word itself came from English "hall", which goes back to Old English "heall" and a common Germanic root for a large covered space. Romanian later respelled the word as "hol" to match its pronunciation, and that form became standard, leaving "hall" as an older, more literary spelling.
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