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h¹

  • /eɪt͡ʃ/ letter, name
  • [æɪt͡ʃ] Australia, letter, name
  • /heɪt͡ʃ/ letter, name, nonstandard
  • [heːt͡ʃ] Ireland, letter, name
  • [hæɪt͡ʃ] Australia, letter, name
  • /ɛt͡ʃ/ South Asia, letter, name
  • /h/ phoneme

Rhymes with -eɪt͡ʃ, -eɪtʃ

letter H · hs · h's

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

number H · hs · h's

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

h²

Where it comes from

Abbreviations

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units. Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra.
  2. abbreviation, in statistics Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.
  3. abbreviation, slang Abbreviation of heroin
  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number). If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of home phone

h³

adjective more h · most h

  1. alternative Alternative form of H.

H⁴

  • /eɪtʃ/ letter, name
  • /heɪtʃ/
  • /(h)ɛ(j)tʃ/ South Asia

Rhymes with -eɪtʃ, (South Asia, also) -ɛtʃ

Where it comes from

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).

letter h · Hs · H's

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

noun Hs

  1. abbreviation, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of hits
  2. abbreviation, slang, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of heroin “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.”

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

  3. abbreviation, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of half-year We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
  4. UK, uncountable, usually A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
  5. UK, uncountable, usually A pencil of grade H.
  6. abbreviation, uncountable, usually, in job listings Abbreviation of handicap EOE M/F/V/H
  7. Hinduism, India, Internet, abbreviation, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.

adjective

  1. UK, abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of hard, in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
  2. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of high, in reference to a dialect's social status. An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
  3. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of hinged
  4. UK, abbreviation, historical, not comparable Abbreviation of horrific, a former film classification.

number h · Hs · H's

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

proper noun

  1. A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah. H is priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters. H is not P, however, as it has unique vocabulary and contradicts several aspects of Priestly theology, such as the status of the Israelites, the importance of "the land," and whet

H⁵

Where it comes from

Calque of Arabic هـ (h-)

adverb

  1. not comparable Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.

    Similar: AH

H⁶

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese H, alternative form of エッチ (etchi), in turn from English H as an abbreviation of Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”).

A doublet of ecchi (“erotic, lascivious”) and hentai (“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).

adjective more H · most H · h

  1. Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai. H scene

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@misc{h_2026,
  title = {h},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/h},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}