English Online Dictionary. What means h? What does h mean?
Translingual
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter H): Ĥĥ Ȟȟ Ḧḧ Ḣḣ Ḩḩ Ḥḥ Ḫḫ H̱ẖ Ħħ Ⱨⱨ ɦ ʰ ʜ Hh
- Ƕ (hwair)
- ɧ (heng with hook)
Pronunciation
Symbol
h
- (IPA) a voiceless glottal fricative or approximant.
- (superscript ⟨ʰ⟩) (after a consonant) aspiration; (before a consonant) pre-aspiration; otherwise a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [h] – see ʰ.
- (metrology) symbol for the prefix hecto-, indicating multiplication by 100
- symbol of the hour
- (italic) Planck's constant
- helion
- higgson
- (transcription) aspiration
Gallery
- Letter styles
See also
Other representations of H:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (letter name):
- IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [æɪt͡ʃ]
- Rhymes: -eɪt͡ʃ
- (regional or nonstandard) IPA(key): /heɪt͡ʃ/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): [heːt͡ʃ]
- (General Australian, nonstandard) IPA(key): [hæɪt͡ʃ]
- (South Asia) IPA(key): /ɛt͡ʃ/
- IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃ/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/, silent
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, plural hs or h's)
- The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Number
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Abbreviations
Noun
h
- (sciences) Abbreviation of hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)
- (baseball, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player
- (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
- (computing) Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number)
- Abbreviation of home phone.
Verb
h
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of have and inflections having, had
- exception: hz 'has'
Etymology 3
Adjective
h (comparative more h, superlative most h)
- Alternative form of H
Derived terms
See also
- Η (Greek eta)
- Н (Cyrillic en)
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h lower case (upper case H)
- The eleventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /at͡ʃe/, [a.t͡ʃe̞]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /hat͡ʃe/, [ɦa.t͡ʃe̞]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Basque alphabet, called hatxe and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aː
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɦaː/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: he
Noun
m
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Pyramid Texts to New Kingdom]
- courtyard
- room, hall
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- jtnw n h
References
- “hʾ (lemma ID 97220)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 470.1–470.5
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 156
- van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ho/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ho and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑː/, [ˈ(h)ɑː]
- (dated) IPA(key): /ˈhɑʃː/, [ˈ(h)ɑʃː]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called haa or hašš and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The ninth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø
Finnish
Etymology 1
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and h for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoː/, [ˈho̞ː] (spelled out as a letter)
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hoo and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
Etymology 2
German musical notation.
Noun
h
- (music) B (note)
Usage notes
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʃ/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
- h aspiré
- h muet
Symbol
h
- Used to indicate the hour in a time indication, either with or without following minutes.
- 10h ― 10:00 a.m.
- 20h30 ― 8:30 p.m.
Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
See also
- (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ
German
Etymology 1
Letter
h
- the letter h, see H
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːɐ̯/
Noun
h
- (common, not restricted to scientific usage) hour
Gothic
Romanization
h
- Romanization of 𐌷
Hungarian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈx]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈhaː]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called há and written in the Latin script.
- (music) Alternative form of H (“B”, the seventh note in the C major scale, its symbol in writing or in print, or the equivalent key of a piano or stop of a stringed instrument)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- B, b (“B-flat”)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoɟ]
Conjunction
h
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of hogy (“that”).
See also
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Further reading
- (h [sound or letter]): h in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (B in music): h in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /hauː/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö
Ido
Pronunciation
- (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /h/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /he/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ha/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Prefix
h
- marker of h-prothesis
- na habhann ― of the river
- fáilte go hÉirinn ― welcome to Ireland
- chomh hard le crann ― as tall as a tree
Italian
Letter
h f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Italian alphabet, called acca and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and h for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The twelfth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [x]
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The twelfth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called hā and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
The letter H/h (like F/f, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA [x] (like German machen, ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
- burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž
Livonian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /x/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The twelfth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- Silent in most native words.
- IPA(key): (in most loanwords and some native words) /h/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The eleventh letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.
See also
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
Lushootseed
Letter
h
- The fourteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless glottal fricative.
Malay
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Maltese
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /-/, /ː/, /j/, /w/, /ħ/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- In contemporary Maltese, h remains a true consonant [ħ] in the following cases:
- in word-final position or when being the last radical of a verb: ikrah [ˈɪkraħ], jixbhu [ˈjɪʃpħʊ];
- before the negative ending -x: jarawhx [jaˈrawħʃ];
- in the clusters -għh-, -ħh-, -hh-, which all become [ħħ].
- Otherwise it is silent or leaves only a vocalic trace:
- Following and preceding a, e, o are lengthened if stressed: hedded [ˈɛːddɛt], fehmet [ˈfɛːmɛt]. Other vowels are not affected.
- In intervocalic position it is a glide, [j] after i, ie, and [w] after u: jibniha [jɪbˈnɪːja], inħobbuhom [ɪnħɔbˈbuːwɔm].
- The sequence -aho- becomes [ɔː]: rahom [rɔːm]. The sequence -ehi- becomes [ɛj] or [ɛˈjiː]: ftehim [ftɛjm], [ftɛˈjiːm].
- Phonotactically, word-initial h now generally behaves like a vowel, allowing contractions such as m’hemmx [mɛːmʃ]. However, word-internal h still behaves like a (virtual) consonant. Compare for example qablu [ˈʔablʊ] with qabilha [ʔaˈbɪla], which latter is formed as though the l were followed by a consonant.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /hɔː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h
- The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- When written before j, the h becomes silent.
Nupe
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
Polish
Etymology 1
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and h for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /x/, (dialectal) /h/; [ɣ], [ɦ] if voiced
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /xa/
Letter
h (upper case H, lower case)
- The eleventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Seemingly native words spelt with ⟨h⟩ (rather than ⟨ch⟩) are generally from Czech or other Slavic dialects. Otherwise ⟨h⟩ occurs in loanwords, especially from German. Some southern speakers distinguish between /x/ and /h/, but this is not part of standard Polish.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Etymology 2
Derived from Latin hōra.
Noun
h f
- Abbreviation of godzina (“hour”).
Further reading
- h in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- h in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Name: see agá
Letter:
- in most words: silent
- in expressive terms and recent loanwords: IPA(key): /h/, [h], [ɦ], [ʁ]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called agá and written in the Latin script.
- silent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only
- hoje, hábito, hipnose, hotel ― today, habit, hypnosis, hotel
- (chiefly obsolete) silent letter used word-medially in loanwords
- coherente (now coerente) ― coherent
- (obsolete except in given names) used in the Hellenistic digraphs th, ph and rh
- thesouro (now tesouro), phalange (now falange), rheumatismo (now reumatismo), Cynthia (alongside Cíntia) ― treasure, phalanx, rheumatism, Cynthia
- (obsolete except in given names) used in words perceived to be Hellenisms
- thesoura (now tesoura), Nathalia ― scissors, Natalie
- represents /h/ in most recent loanwords from other languages, most commonly English
- used in the digraphs ch, lh and nh, where it indicates a palatal or post-alveolar pronunciation
- cheio, alho, banho ― full, garlic, bath
- (obsolete) silent letter used word-initially in monosyllabic verbs with no attack
- hir (now ir), he (now é) ― to go, is
- silent letter used syllable-finally in some interjections
- ih! oh! ― uh oh! ooh!
- represents /h/ in some expressive terms
- hahaha! aham, hue hue ― hahaha! yep, hehehe
- (chiefly Internet slang) used as a replacement for the acute or circumflex accent, or silent infinitive -r, indicating stress
- eh (standard é), Feh (standard Fê), fazeh (standard fazer) ― is, a nickname, to do
- (obsolete except in the word Bahia) silent letter used to mark some hiatus
- silent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Noun
h f (invariable)
- Abbreviation of hora.
- used to indicate time in relation to a 24-hour clock
- O evento é hoje, às 20h ― The event is today at 8 p.m.
- 09h30 ― 09:30 a.m.
- used to indicate any sequence of time in hours
- O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds
- used to indicate time in relation to a 24-hour clock
Usage notes
- This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 0 and 23 to indicate the day's hours).
- The abbreviation can be followed by a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour (as in French). This can be optionally represented by another abbreviation: min.
- Example: 15h30 or 15h30min, the first being much more common
- min can be further followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
- Example: 20h43min08s
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- (International Standard) The tenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The eleventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called haș, ha, or hî and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- H (uppercase)
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /x/
Letter
h (Cyrillic spelling х)
- The 12th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by g and followed by i.
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and h for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ǒ ǒ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /x/, /h/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The fifteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Slovene
Alternative forms
See usage notes for both etymologies.
Etymology 1
From Gaj's Latin alphabet h, from Czech alphabet h, from Latin h. Pronunciation as /xə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German h.
Pronunciation
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The ninth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The fourteenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The tenth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
In Metelko alphabet, the phoneme was written by two different letters whether it was pronounced as velar /x/ or glottal /h/, a distinction irrelevant to nowadays standard and the distinction was also not used by all writers. Phoneme /h/ was written with 〈h〉, while /x/ was written with a yet to be encoded character .
Symbol
h
- (SNPT for Standard Slovene) Phonetic transcription of sound [x].
- (dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sounds [h, ħ].
Noun
h m inan or f
- The name of the Latin script letter H / h.
- (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /x/.
Inflection
- Overall more common
- More common when with a definite adjective
- Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
- Rare
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *kъ 'to', which is itself probably from Proto-Indo-European *ku̯u 'where'. This form is a spirantization of k, which appeared to ease the pronunciation.
Pronunciation
Preposition
h
- (with dative, see usage notes) to, for
Usage notes
Preposition h is a form of preposition k that appears before words that start with /k/ or /ɡ/ while other form is used for all other words. In "correct" pronunciation, the preposition does not form its own syllable, but binds to the first syllable of the next word and has therefore two pronunciations: [x] if word starts with [k] and [ɣ] if word starts with [ɡ]. In colloquial speech, this form (or at least its pronunciation) are also used with words starting with other letters.
See also
- (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
References
- Kenda-Jež, Karmen (February 27, 2017) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription][3] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, retrieved March 19, 2022, pages 27–30
Further reading
- “h”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈat͡ʃe/ [ˈa.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -atʃe
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
Swedish
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun
h
- (nonstandard, anglicism) Abbreviation of hour from English.
- Synonyms: timme, tim.
- (strictly technology) Abbreviation of hora from Latin.
- Synonyms: timme, tim.
- (music) B, note with a frequency close to 493.88 · 2n Hz
- Synonym: (anglicism) b
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish h. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English h.
- Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜑ (ha).
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish h.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: h
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ˈʔejt͡ʃ/, [ˈʔɛɪ̯t͡ʃ]
- (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /ha/, [hɐ]
- (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔat͡ʃe/, [ˈʔa.t͡ʃɛ]
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/, [h] (silent in Spanish unadapted loanwords)
- Rhymes: -ejtʃ, -a, -atʃe
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)
- The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called eyts and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, Baybayin spelling ᜑ)
- The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called ha and written in the Latin script.
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- (historical) The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called hache and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Over time, some of the loaned Spanish words still spelled with the silent ⟨h⟩ are spoken with /h/ due to spelling pronunciation, as people are becoming less aware of the letter being silent.
See also
Further reading
- “h”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Turkish
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈheː/, /ˈhaʃ/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /h/, [ç]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The tenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called he and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- See H.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /h~x/
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The ninth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called he and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Prefix
h
- marker of h-prothesis
- ei hiaith ― her language
- i’n heglwys ― to our church
- un ar hugain ― twenty-one
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/
- (letter name): IPA(key): /hí/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The ninth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called hí and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Zulu
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z