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hål - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: -hal, HAL, Hal, Ħal, hal, hâl, hál, hàl, häl, hæl, and ħal

From Old Swedish hul, hol, from Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH-.

hål n

  1. a hole (in the ground)

    Se upp för det där hålet i marken.

    Watch out for the hole in the ground.
  2. a hole, an opening in something solid

    Det är ett hål i hinken.

    There is a hole in the bucket.
  3. a hole, a weakness, a flaw

    Hon slog hål på hans teori.

    She punched a hole in his theory.
  4. a hole (in a tooth)
  5. (golf) a hole, a part of a golf course or game leading up to a hole
  6. (physics) a hole; in semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle