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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

  1. 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.
  2. masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes 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?
  3. masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
  4. 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; […]

Similar: one, you, he or she, he/she, they, s/he

determiner hee · hée

  1. Synonym of his.

noun hes · hee · hée

  1. uncountable The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
  2. countable, uncountable The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
  3. countable, informal, uncountable 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

  1. 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.
  2. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

he³

interjection hee · hée

  1. reduplication, uncommon, usually An expression of laughter. (more common)

He⁴

Where it comes from

From he (“pronoun”).

pronoun Him · Himself · His

  1. honorific, masculine, pronoun, singular, third person 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

  1. 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

  1. A county of Ma'anshan, Anhui, China.

HE⁷

noun HEs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of high explosive.high explosive This here is sixty-six tons of straight-up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention!
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable 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."
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of health education.health education
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency.His Excellency
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of His Eminence.His Eminence
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of home entertainment.home entertainment
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of human era (“current epoch”).human era
  8. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of hydroelectricity.hydroelectricity
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of home economics.home economics
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement.hydrogen embrittlement

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany.Hesse

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of hydroelectric.hydroelectric

phrase

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of how embarrassing.how embarrassing

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