"halal" meaning in English

See halal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /həˈlɑːl/ [US], /həˈlæl/ [UK] Audio: En-us-halal.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl Etymology: From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|حَلَال}} Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl), {{root|en|ar|ح ل ل}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} halal (not comparable)
  1. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-halal-en-adj-O3wB9bKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 38 28 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 3 32 25 4 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs. Tags: not-comparable Translations (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs): halaal (Afrikaans), حَلَال (ḥalāl) (Arabic), հալալ (halal) (Armenian), হালাল (halal) (Bengali), halal [masculine] (Catalan), حەڵاڵ (ḧellall) (Central Kurdish), 清真 (qīngzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), halal (Danish), halal (Dutch), halala (Esperanto), halal (Finnish), halal (French), halal (German), χαλάλ (chalál) (Greek), חלאל (Hebrew), हलाल (halāl) (Hindi), halal (Hungarian), halal (Indonesian), ハラール (harāru) (Japanese), адал (adal) (Kazakh), ហាឡាល (haalaal) (Khmer), 할랄 (hallal) (Korean), адал (adal) (Kyrgyz), halal (Malay), हलाल (halāl) (Marathi), حلال (halâl) (Persian), halal (Portuguese), халя́льный (xaljálʹnyj) (Russian), halal (Spanish), halali (Swahili), halal (Swedish), ฮาลาล (haa-laan) (Thai), helal (Turkish), حَلال (halāl) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-halal-en-adj-xb9La2Om Disambiguation of 'fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs': 35 64 1
  3. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; acceptable. Tags: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-halal-en-adj-vU-jQmT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 38 28 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 3 32 25 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nonharam Synonyms (from Mandarin Chinese): qingzhen Derived forms: halal cart, halalization, halalize, halalness, halal snack pack, nonhalal, unhalal Translations (in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do): halaal (Afrikaans), حَلَال (ḥalāl) (Arabic), হালাল (halal) (Bengali), halal [masculine] (Catalan), 清真 (qīngzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), halal (Danish), हलाल (halāl) (Hindi), ハラール (harāru) (Japanese), адал (adal) (Kazakh), halal (Malay), حلال (halâl) (Persian), халя́льный (xaljálʹnyj) (Russian), halali (Swahili), ฮาลาล (haa-laan) (Thai), helal (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'from Mandarin Chinese': 37 20 43 Disambiguation of 'in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do': 51 44 5

Adverb

IPA: /həˈlɑːl/ [US], /həˈlæl/ [UK] Audio: En-us-halal.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl Etymology: From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|حَلَال}} Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl), {{root|en|ar|ح ل ل}} Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} halal (not comparable)
  1. In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-halal-en-adv-~xMomfAg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 38 28 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 3 32 25 4

Verb

IPA: /həˈlɑːl/ [US], /həˈlæl/ [UK] Audio: En-us-halal.ogg [US] Forms: halals [present, singular, third-person], halaling [participle, present], halalling [participle, present], halaled [participle, past], halaled [past], halalled [participle, past], halalled [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl Etymology: From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|حَلَال}} Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl), {{root|en|ar|ح ل ل}} Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=halalled|pres_ptc2=halalling}} halal (third-person singular simple present halals, present participle halaling or halalling, simple past and past participle halaled or halalled)
  1. (transitive) To make halal. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Diets Related terms: kosher
    Sense id: en-halal-en-verb-Pvx6Q8uq Disambiguation of Diets: 14 13 13 12 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for halal meaning in English (14.8kB)

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halaling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halalling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halaled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halaled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halalled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halalled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "halalled",
        "pres_ptc2": "halalling"
      },
      "expansion": "halal (third-person singular simple present halals, present participle halaling or halalling, simple past and past participle halaled or halalled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kosher"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make halal."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make halal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/həˈlɑːl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/həˈlæl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-halal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-us-halal.ogg/En-us-halal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-halal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "halal"
  ],
  "word": "halal"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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