halo-

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæləʊ/

Combining form of Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “sea, salt”).

halo-

1. sea, salt, salt water

From halogen.

halo-

1. (chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds which contain one or more halogen atoms.

• hola

• hali-

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls).

• IPA^(key): /xa.lɔ/

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• Rhymes: -alɔ
• Syllabification: ha‧lo-

halo-

1. halo-

   ‎halo- + ‎-gen → ‎halogen

• halo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

• Homophone: alo-

halo-

1. halo- (indicates salt)

• “halo-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “halo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

• IPA^(key): /alo/ [a.lo]
• Syllabification: ha‧lo-
• Homophone: alo-

halo-

1. halo- (indicates salt)

• “halo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025