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h en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [heːt͡ʃ] (Ireland)
  • (UK) audio
  • [æɪt͡ʃ] (Australia)
  • /eɪt͡ʃ/
  • /h/ (phoneme)
  • [hæɪt͡ʃ] (Australia, nonstandard)
  • /heɪt͡ʃ/ (nonstandard, regional)
  • /ɛt͡ʃ/ (South-Asia)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (lowercase, number) The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hs Number=Plur lexicographic
H uppercase lexicographic
h's Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “h” (num), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

h en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [heːt͡ʃ] (Ireland)
  • (UK) audio
  • [æɪt͡ʃ] (Australia)
  • /eɪt͡ʃ/
  • /h/ (phoneme)
  • [hæɪt͡ʃ] (Australia, nonstandard)
  • /heɪt͡ʃ/ (nonstandard, regional)
  • /ɛt͡ʃ/ (South-Asia)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (letter, lowercase) The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
H uppercase lexicographic
hs Number=Plur lexicographic
h's Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “h” (character), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

h en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units.
    alt of hour
    • Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.
    alt of hit
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
    alt of heroin
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number).
    • The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory. 1994, Jan Axelson, The microcontroller idea book, page 47:
    • If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video). 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of home phone.
    alt of home phone
Source: en.wiktionary, “h” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

h en · ADJ · etymology 3

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of H.
    alt of H.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most h Degree=Sup lexicographic
more h Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

aspirated h · ¼ h · h-word · mute h · 1-h TL FM · Germanic h · a-h conduction time · h-system · h bar · h-prothesis · h-dropping · h-index · h-back · unaspirated h · silent h

Relateds

Н · Η