all hail

See also: all-hail

English

Interjection

all hail

1. a phrase of salutation, welcome, or acclamation.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?

Translations

greeting

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 萬歲／万岁 (maan⁶ seoi³)

  Mandarin: 萬歲／万岁 (zh) (wànsuì)

• French: vive (fr)
• Japanese: 万歳 (ja) (banzai)
• Malay: dirgahayu
• Maori: whatu katoa
• Polish: niech żyje (pl)
• Russian: да здравствует (ru) (da zdravstvujet), славься (slavʹsja), все приветствуют (vse privetstvujut)
• Turkish: selamlar olsun
• Uzbek: hamma doʻl (uz)

References

• “all hail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.