From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
Meanings
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Synonym of his.
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
Meanings
(uncountable) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
(countable, uncountable) The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
Meanings
(masculine, nominative, personal, singular, third-person) A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.
[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, →ISBN, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
In his letter of 5 March 1852 to Joseph Weydemeyer, Marx declares that it was not he who discovered the existence of classes or the class struggle […] 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 352:
July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
"It was he we saw the tracks of down by Rausand hill." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:
(masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
First, to avoid the cumbrous ‘he or she’ and ‘his or hers’, and the ungrammatical ‘they’ when used in the singular, I have mostly stuck to saying ‘he’ or ‘his’. I hope that this will be understood in an unchauvinistic, gender-neutral way. [2010, Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, The Rule of Law, Penguin Books, →ISBN, Preface, page ix:
(masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person) It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
(masculine, nominative, singular, third-person) A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […] 1770, A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts, 3rd edition, page 125:
He [= the ship Bismarck] was made to rule the waves across the seven seas […] 2019, Sabaton, Bismarck:
he/she (person whose gender is unknown) · you (person whose gender is unknown) · they (person whose gender is unknown) · it (animal whose gender is unknown) · he or she (person whose gender is unknown) · one (person whose gender is unknown) · s/he (person whose gender is unknown)
Translations (373)
fr il (personal pronoun "he") · vi hắn (personal pronoun "he") · scn iddu (personal pronoun "he") · fa-ira اوی (personal pronoun "he") · zu yona (personal pronoun "he") · oc el (personal pronoun "he") · ia ille (personal pronoun "he") · te అతను (personal pronoun "he") · arc הו (personal pronoun "he") · haw ia (personal pronoun "he") · uz u (personal pronoun "he") · guw é (personal pronoun "he") · fro il (personal pronoun "he") · ml അദ്ദേഹം (personal pronoun "he") · ay jupa (personal pronoun "he") · ba ул (personal pronoun "he") · pt ele (personal pronoun "he") · ug ئۇ (personal pronoun "he") · cy ef (personal pronoun "he") · cmn 伊 (personal pronoun "he") · hsn 他 (personal pronoun "he") · bho इ (personal pronoun "he") · sl òn (personal pronoun "he") · gun ha'e (personal pronoun "he") · te అతడు (personal pronoun "he") · pjt nyaranya (personal pronoun "he") · pjt ngaanya (personal pronoun "he") · ur وہ (personal pronoun "he") · hop pam (personal pronoun "he") · ar هُوَ (personal pronoun "he") · mk тој (personal pronoun "he") · pl on (personal pronoun "he") · mdf сон (personal pronoun "he") · lnj lu (personal pronoun "he") · zu lona (personal pronoun "he") · ml അവന് (personal pronoun "he") · csb òn (personal pronoun "he") · cy fe (personal pronoun "he") · sh ȏn (personal pronoun "he") · ko 이분 (personal pronoun "he") · gv eh (nonemphatic) (personal pronoun "he") · de er (personal pronoun "he") · hak 他 (personal pronoun "he") · tr o (personal pronoun "he") · nl hij (personal pronoun "he") · ta அவன் class distal (personal pronoun "he") · fa-ira وِی (personal pronoun "he") · bni yeye (personal pronoun "he") · pjt palunya (personal pronoun "he") · ln yeye (personal pronoun "he") · ja あの人 (personal pronoun "he") · id ia (personal pronoun "he") · la ille (personal pronoun "he") · mt hu (personal pronoun "he") · uk він (personal pronoun "he") · ctd amah (personal pronoun "he") · dlm jal (personal pronoun "he") · ln yě (personal pronoun "he") · ja 奴 (personal pronoun "he") · rue он (personal pronoun "he") · vo om (personal pronoun "he") · nmn ã`h (personal pronoun "he") · rmy vov (personal pronoun "he") · tsg sia (personal pronoun "he") · oj wiin (personal pronoun "he") · ja あの方 (personal pronoun "he") · wal i (personal pronoun "he") · jv dhèwèké (personal pronoun "he") · io ilu (personal pronoun "he") · sip ཁོ (personal pronoun "he") · mi ia (personal pronoun "he") · tpi em (personal pronoun "he") · yua letiʼ (personal pronoun "he") · iu ᐅᓇ (personal pronoun "he") · za de (personal pronoun "he") · ppl yaja (personal pronoun "he") · bsq ɔ (personal pronoun "he") · aa usuk (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོང་རྣམ་པ (personal pronoun "he") · jje 자이 (personal pronoun "he") · ab иара (personal pronoun "he") · et tema (personal pronoun "he") · nb han (personal pronoun "he") · ur یہ (personal pronoun "he") · yo òun (personal pronoun "he") · pis hem (personal pronoun "he") · hak 佢 (personal pronoun "he") · ce иза (personal pronoun "he") · tg ӯ (personal pronoun "he") · krl hiän (personal pronoun "he") · cv вӑл (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོ་རང (personal pronoun "he") · sv han (personal pronoun "he") · dz ཁོ (personal pronoun "he") · lo ເຂົາ (personal pronoun "he") · co ellu (personal pronoun "he") · si ඔහු (personal pronoun "he") · bi hem (personal pronoun "he") · sh о̑н (personal pronoun "he") · ho ia (personal pronoun "he") · grc αὐτός (personal pronoun "he") · arz هُوَّ (personal pronoun "he") · kmr ew (personal pronoun "he") · ce и (personal pronoun "he") · rup nãs (personal pronoun "he") · th เขา (personal pronoun "he") · tk ol (personal pronoun "he") · yo wọ́n (personal pronoun "he") · izh hää (personal pronoun "he") · nia ia (personal pronoun "he") · gd esan (personal pronoun "he") · fi se (personal pronoun "he") · aeb هُوَّ (personal pronoun "he") · bxd jɔ̃³¹ (personal pronoun "he") · cu онъ (personal pronoun "he") · hu ő (personal pronoun "he") · vec eło (personal pronoun "he") · or ସେ (personal pronoun "he") · bm a (personal pronoun "he") · zom ema (personal pronoun "he") · ga é (personal pronoun "he") · si එයා (personal pronoun "he") · cr wiya (personal pronoun "he") · bua тэрэ (personal pronoun "he") · da han (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོ (personal pronoun "he") · wo moom (personal pronoun "he") · id dia (personal pronoun "he") · rom ov (personal pronoun "he") · lt jis (personal pronoun "he") · syl ꠔꠣꠁꠘ (personal pronoun "he") · grc ἐκεῖνος (personal pronoun "he") · as তেওঁ (personal pronoun "he") · yue 佢 (personal pronoun "he") · prs وَی (personal pronoun "he") · km ព្រះអង្គ (personal pronoun "he") · wuu 伊 (personal pronoun "he") · lv viņš (personal pronoun "he") · ru он (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཉིད (personal pronoun "he") · ro dumnealui (personal pronoun "he") · pa ਉਹ (personal pronoun "he") · xmz ta (personal pronoun "he") · cs on (personal pronoun "he") · ja その奴 (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོང་ཉིད (personal pronoun "he") · ht li (personal pronoun "he") · tly اه (personal pronoun "he") · kk ол (personal pronoun "he") · km គាត់ (personal pronoun "he") · qu pay (personal pronoun "he") · lb hien (personal pronoun "he") · vi anh ấy (personal pronoun "he") · ast él (personal pronoun "he") · nus jɛn (personal pronoun "he") · kw ev (personal pronoun "he") · la hic (personal pronoun "he") · yag kitu (personal pronoun "he") · fi hän (personal pronoun "he") · ps دی (personal pronoun "he") · tl siya (personal pronoun "he") · mnw ဍေံ (personal pronoun "he") · km លោក (personal pronoun "he") · krl häi (personal pronoun "he") · swb waye (personal pronoun "he") · gmw-ecg ar (personal pronoun "he") · sid isi (personal pronoun "he") · es él (personal pronoun "he") · as সি (personal pronoun "he") · krl heän (personal pronoun "he") · nmn èh (personal pronoun "he") · rmf jou (personal pronoun "he") · af hy (personal pronoun "he") · pjt palunyanya (personal pronoun "he") · ro el (personal pronoun "he") · ko 걔 (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོ་བ (personal pronoun "he") · rm el (personal pronoun "he") · nan-tws 伊 (personal pronoun "he") · li hae (personal pronoun "he") · nmn èhʻè (personal pronoun "he") · et too (personal pronoun "he") · cmn 他 (personal pronoun "he") · tpn a'e (personal pronoun "he") · ko 그 (personal pronoun "he") · rap ia (personal pronoun "he") · ka ის (personal pronoun "he") · ja 彼 (personal pronoun "he") · ja そいつ (personal pronoun "he") · lou li (personal pronoun "he") · li er (personal pronoun "he") · syl ꠢꠦ (personal pronoun "he") · ti ንሱ (personal pronoun "he") · pot win (personal pronoun "he") · km គេ (personal pronoun "he") · mnp 佢 (personal pronoun "he") · it egli (personal pronoun "he") · io il (personal pronoun "he") · meu ia (personal pronoun "he") · lmo lu (personal pronoun "he") · alt ол (personal pronoun "he") · bg той (personal pronoun "he") · pjt ngaa (personal pronoun "he") · pjt pala (personal pronoun "he") · wym hār (personal pronoun "he") · nl ie (personal pronoun "he") · twf ą́wąną (personal pronoun "he") · co eddu (personal pronoun "he") · an él (personal pronoun "he") · kn ಅವನು (personal pronoun "he") · zza o (diq) (personal pronoun "he") · be ён (personal pronoun "he") · ko 이 사람 (personal pronoun "he") · csm hís·ak (personal pronoun "he") · xdq гье (personal pronoun "he") · grc ὅς (personal pronoun "he") · yi ער (personal pronoun "he") · sma dïhte (personal pronoun "he") · sms son (personal pronoun "he") · ppl yaha (personal pronoun "he") · pcc deel (personal pronoun "he") · gcr i (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོ་པ (personal pronoun "he") · zea 'ie (personal pronoun "he") · gl el (personal pronoun "he") · eve ноӈан (personal pronoun "he") · kea el (personal pronoun "he") · rup nãsu (personal pronoun "he") · orv онъ (personal pronoun "he") · tli hú (personal pronoun "he") · zza ey (diq) (personal pronoun "he") · mww nws (personal pronoun "he") · yuf nyihá (personal pronoun "he") · gv eshyn (personal pronoun "he") · mnw ညး (personal pronoun "he") · gd e (nonemphatic) (personal pronoun "he") · ang hē (personal pronoun "he") · ast elli (personal pronoun "he") · ha shíi (personal pronoun "he") · ca ell (personal pronoun "he") · khi-kun ha (personal pronoun "he") · rup el (personal pronoun "he") · jje 야이 (personal pronoun "he") · nn han (personal pronoun "he") · cmn 怹 (personal pronoun "he") · zu sona (personal pronoun "he") · vi ổng (personal pronoun "he") · hsb wón (personal pronoun "he") · arc ܗܘܗ (personal pronoun "he") · grc ὁ (personal pronoun "he") · cy fo (personal pronoun "he") · rif netta (personal pronoun "he") · hi यह (personal pronoun "he") · fy er (personal pronoun "he") · ary هُوَّ (personal pronoun "he") · la is (personal pronoun "he") · ky ал (personal pronoun "he") · se son (personal pronoun "he") · zea 'n (personal pronoun "he") · eu bera (personal pronoun "he") · ms baginda (personal pronoun "he") · dng та (personal pronoun "he") · jje 가이 (personal pronoun "he") · sq ai (personal pronoun "he") · smn sun (personal pronoun "he") · is hann (personal pronoun "he") · yai aх (personal pronoun "he") · rsk вон (personal pronoun "he") · itk אֵיסוֹ (personal pronoun "he") · mzn وه (personal pronoun "he") · am እሱ (personal pronoun "he") · fj koya (personal pronoun "he") · so isaga (personal pronoun "he") · sa स (personal pronoun "he") · myv сон (personal pronoun "he") · yrl aé (personal pronoun "he") · kl una (personal pronoun "he") · nmn ã̀hʻã̀ (personal pronoun "he") · hi वह (personal pronoun "he") · pjt palanya (personal pronoun "he") · egl ló (personal pronoun "he") · fo hann (personal pronoun "he") · myp hi (personal pronoun "he") · zu wona (personal pronoun "he") · ceb siya (personal pronoun "he") · evn нуңан (personal pronoun "he") · ee eya (personal pronoun "he") · bn সে (personal pronoun "he") · yo àwọn (personal pronoun "he") · arc ܗܘ (personal pronoun "he") · fy hy (personal pronoun "he") · pms chiel (personal pronoun "he") · pi so (personal pronoun "he") · ak ɔno (personal pronoun "he") · zu yena (personal pronoun "he") · ko 그이 (personal pronoun "he") · ltg šys (personal pronoun "he") · zu lona (personal pronoun "he") · smj sån (personal pronoun "he") · eu hura (personal pronoun "he") · mn тэр (personal pronoun "he") · prs او (personal pronoun "he") · os уый (personal pronoun "he") · ny iye (personal pronoun "he") · ltg jis (personal pronoun "he") · gan 渠 (personal pronoun "he") · sah кини (personal pronoun "he") · tet nia (personal pronoun "he") · srn a (personal pronoun "he") · ttj uwe (personal pronoun "he") · jv piyambakipun (personal pronoun "he") · ga sé (personal pronoun "he") · xqa اُلْ (personal pronoun "he") · bcl siya (personal pronoun "he") · cdo 他 (personal pronoun "he") · pjt nyara (personal pronoun "he") · kn ಇವನು (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོང (personal pronoun "he") · sga é (personal pronoun "he") · cjy 他 (personal pronoun "he") · kjh ол (personal pronoun "he") · unm nàni (personal pronoun "he") · sd ھوُ (personal pronoun "he") · ms beliau (personal pronoun "he") · it lui (personal pronoun "he") · hy նա (personal pronoun "he") · dsb wón (personal pronoun "he") · yue 他 (personal pronoun "he") · tly ا (personal pronoun "he") · mr तो (personal pronoun "he") · bho ऊ (personal pronoun "he") · vec el (personal pronoun "he") · grc ὅδε (personal pronoun "he") · ps هغه (personal pronoun "he") · km ទ្រង់ (personal pronoun "he") · br eñ (personal pronoun "he") · vi ông ấy (personal pronoun "he") · tt ул (personal pronoun "he") · ms dia (personal pronoun "he") · yo ó (personal pronoun "he") · kn ಇವ (personal pronoun "he") · chr ᏀᎢ (personal pronoun "he") · gu તે (personal pronoun "he") · mhn er (personal pronoun "he") · vi ảnh (personal pronoun "he") · eo li (personal pronoun "he") · kn ಅವ (personal pronoun "he") · nap isse (personal pronoun "he") · mrw iyan (personal pronoun "he") · vi nó (personal pronoun "he") · bo ཁོ་ཉིད (personal pronoun "he") · fa-ira او (personal pronoun "he") · nan-hbl 伊 (personal pronoun "he") · udm со (personal pronoun "he") · cdo 伊 (personal pronoun "he") · fur lui (personal pronoun "he") · he הוּא (personal pronoun "he") · acw هُوَّ (personal pronoun "he") · ajp هُوِّ (personal pronoun "he") · sc issu (personal pronoun "he") · az o (personal pronoun "he") · ist el (personal pronoun "he") · rup elu (personal pronoun "he") · bn আপনি (personal pronoun "he") · my သူ (personal pronoun "he") · el αυτός (personal pronoun "he") · et ta (personal pronoun "he") · sk on (personal pronoun "he") · sw yeye (personal pronoun "he") · avd او (personal pronoun "he") · gld нёани (personal pronoun "he") · km វា (personal pronoun "he") · tum iye (personal pronoun "he")
he en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/heɪ/
Etymology
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
Meanings
The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet. 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 210:
This Nehama claimed that in his own hand he recognized the consonant “he” of his Hebrew language, and in the letter “vav” his own male soul. 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 7:
The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
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Translations (9)
he ה (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · he הֵא (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · ca he (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · fr hè (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · fr hê (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · yi הא (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · fi he (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · ms ha (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) · fr he (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets)
he en · INTJ · etymology 3
Meanings
(reduplication, uncommon, usually) An expression of laughter.
(more common)
"Well, what is your next tale?" said Sumner, a little brusquely. "He, he! he, he! . . . he, he!" chuckled the bottle, "the text tale I'm going to tell you in a very funny one. It will make you laugh. There's a lady in it—he, he!—a very comic affair." 1921, Norman Davey, The Pilgrim of a Smile, page 247:
If e'er he went into excess, / 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; / But he who would his subjects bless, / Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; / And so from every cask they got, / Our king did to himself allot / At least a pot. / Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! / That's the kind of king for me. 1897, Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Charles Henry Warner, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z, page 1791: