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he¹
- /ˈhiː/
- [hiː] Canada, UK
- [hɪj] Australia, British, Southern, Southern US, Standard
- [hi(ː)] US
- [çi(ː)] US
- /(h)i/ unstressed
- /(h)ɪ/ unstressed
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
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”).
pronoun him · himself · his · hee · hée
- A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied. That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.
- 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?
- It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
- 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; […]
determiner hee · hée
- Synonym of his.
noun hes · hee · hée
- The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
- The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
- A male. Is your cat a he or a she?
he²
- /heɪ/
Where it comes from
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
noun hay · hei · hey · hee · hée
- 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.
- The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
he³
interjection hee · hée
- An expression of laughter. (more common)
He⁴
Where it comes from
From he (“pronoun”).
pronoun Him · Himself · His
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.he I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.
He⁵
Where it comes from
From several Chinese surnames, especially 何 (Hé) and 賀/贺 (Hè).
proper noun Hes
- A surname from Mandarin. The story of Ms. He and her mother began in the early 1960s, shortly before the Cultural Revolution shook China.
He⁶
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 和.
proper noun
- A county of Ma'anshan, Anhui, China.
HE⁷
noun HEs
- Initialism of high explosive.high explosive This here is sixty-six tons of straight-up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention!
- Initialism of higher education.higher education LSST said the allegations were untrue. It described its mission as challenging: "We are providing a valuable service to communities that are often overlooked or are underserved by the public HE sector, and in doing so we are making transformational change."
- Initialism of health education.health education
- Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency.His Excellency
- Initialism of His Eminence.His Eminence
- Initialism of home entertainment.home entertainment
- Initialism of human era (“current epoch”).human era
- Abbreviation of hydroelectricity.hydroelectricity
- Initialism of home economics.home economics
- Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement.hydrogen embrittlement
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany.Hesse
adjective
- Abbreviation of hydroelectric.hydroelectric
phrase
- Initialism of how embarrassing.how embarrassing