ah
See also: Variations of "ah"
ah - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑː/
Interjection
ah
- An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
- Ah, I understand now.
- Ah! It's good to be back home!
- Ah, the flowers of spring.
- A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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Noun
ah (plural ahs)
- An instance of the interjection ah.
- the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
Verb
ah (third-person singular simple present ahs, present participle ahing, simple past and past participle ahed)
- To give a cry of "ah".
Pronoun
ah (personal pronoun, plural we, possessive adjective mah)
- Pronunciation spelling of I, most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Singapore, Malaysia)
- IPA: (Senses 2, 3, 4) /ɑː˨˦/, (Sense 2, non-interrogative) /ɑː/
- IPA: (Sense 1) [ä˨]
Particle
ah (Manglish, Singlish)
- Marks a tag question prompting the listener to clarify something.
- You're dyslexic ah? ― So you're dyslexic?
- Used for emphasis; sometimes placed at the end of a short wh-question.
- Emphasizes the need for the listener's absolute acknowledgment or consent.
- A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
Anagrams
ah - Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈah/, [ˈʔʌh]
Pronoun
áh
Declension
Declension of áh | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | áh | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | áha | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | áh | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | ahtí | |||||||||||||||||
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ah - Albanian
Noun
ah m (indefinite plural ahe, definite singular ahu, definite plural ahet)
Hyponyms
- ah i bardhë (“white hornbeam”) (Carpinus betulus)
ah - Chickasaw
Adverb
ah
ah - Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛː/, /ˈɛːɛ/, /ɑ̈ː/
- Hyphenation: ah
Interjection
ah
- used to express pleasure, e.g. because something tastes good or feels nice
- Coordinate terms: mm, mums, namnam
- ah, sikken en dejlig pandekage
- ah what a delicious pancake
- Synonym: uhm
- used to express pleasant surprise
- "ah, velkommen Albert," sagde Sickert til prinsen
- "ah, welcome Albert," said Sickert to the prince
- Synonym: minsandten
- used to express reservations, slight disagreement, doubt etc.
- bliver man også nervøs? Ah ikke så meget
- do you get nervous too? Ah, not so much
- Synonym: arh
Anagrams
ah - Esperanto
Interjection
ah
ah - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɑh/, [ˈɑ̝h]
- Syllabification: ah
Interjection
ah
Anagrams
ah - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /a/
Interjection
ah
Derived terms
ah - Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈaː]
Interjection
ah
- ah (expression of understanding, etc.)
ah - German
Interjection
ah
- expressing understanding
- expressing contentment
ah - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈɒx]
Interjection
ah
ah - Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈa/, which may be preceded and/or followed by [h] or [ʔ]. It also may trigger syntactic gemination.
- Hyphenation: ah
Interjection
ah
Anagrams
ah - Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /aːh/, [äː(ɦ)]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [ä]
Interjection
āh
ah - Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see 鴨 (“duck”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鴨.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see 矣 (“particle expressing completion”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矣.) |
ah - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑx/
Conjunction
ah
- (Anglian) Alternative form of ac (“but”)
ah - Palikur
Noun
ah n or f
ah - Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɐː/
Noun
ah
- The name of the Latin-script letter A.
Noun
ah
- shark mullet (Rhinomugil nasutus), at a growth stage of approximately twelve inches
Conjunction
ah
Alternative forms
Determiner
ah
Interjection
ah
ah - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈa/
- Homophone: há
Interjection
ah!
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see ah.
ah - Romanian
Interjection
ah
ah - Somali
Verb
ah
ah - Spanish
Pronunciation
Interjection
ah
Related terms
Anagrams
ah - Sumerian
Romanization
ah
- Romanization of 𒄴 (aḫ)
ah - Swedish
Interjection
ah
Anagrams
ah - Tulu-Bohuai
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ah/
Noun
ah
ah - Vilamovian
Interjection
ah
ah - Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA: /àʔ/
Noun
ah
- fowl
- (specifically) chicken (Gallus gallus)