Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

h

[æɪt͡ʃ]

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: h
IPA: [æɪt͡ʃ]

4

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

character

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

num

The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

noun

Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units.

noun

Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.

noun

Abbreviation of heroin.

Slang

noun

Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number).

noun

Abbreviation of home phone.

adj

Alternative form of H.

Example Sentences

"Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra."
"If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video)."
"The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory."
"On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D."
"“Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”"
"Then I got some H / From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed"

Etymology

Abbreviations

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: H, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [æɪt͡ʃ]

Usage

Inflected Forms

hs (plural) h's (plural) more h (comparative) most h (superlative)

Phrases

1-h TL FM a-h conduction time aspirated h Germanic h h-back h bar h-dropping h-index

Frequently Paired Words

Η Н letter A B C D E

Synonyms

Big H boy brown sugar brown bujj diacetylmorphine diamorphine dog food dope dugee henry heroin

Rhymes With

raîche t͟h t͞h

Questions

How do you pronounce h?: The recorded pronunciation is [æɪt͡ʃ].
What does h mean?: The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Where does h come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce h

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