ah

See also: Variations of "ah"

ah - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑː/

Interjection

ah

  1. 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.
  2. A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: آه (ar) (ʔāh)
    • Egyptian Arabic: آه (āh), أها (ʔahā)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin:  (zh) (ò)
  • Danish: ah
  • Dutch: ah (nl)
  • Esperanto: ha (eo), ah (eo)
  • Estonian: aa (et), ah (et), ee (et), oi (et), oo
  • Finnish: aa (fi)
  • French: ah (fr)
  • Greek: α (el) (a)
  • Hungarian: ah (hu)
  • Ido: ah (io)
  • Irish: á
  • Japanese: ああ (ja) (ā),  (ja) (a), 嗚呼 (ja) (ああ, ā)
  • Korean:  (ko) (a)
  • Malay: ah (ms)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: ah (no)
  • Persian: آها (âhâ)
  • Polish: ach (pl), a (pl)
  • Portuguese: ah (pt)
  • Russian: а (ru) (a), ага́ (ru) (agá), о (ru) (o)
  • Slovak: ach
  • Swedish: ah (sv)
  • Thai: อ้อ (th) (ɔ̂ɔ)
  • Vietnamese: à (vi)
  • Welsh: a (cy)
  • Estonian: ee (et)
  • Greek: α (el) (a), ω (el) (o)
  • Estonian: ah (et)
  • Greek: α (el) (a)
  • Hebrew: אבוי (he) (avoy)
  • Swedish: ack (sv)

Noun

ah (plural ahs)

  1. 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)

  1. To give a cry of "ah".

Pronoun

ah (personal pronoun, plural we, possessive adjective mah)

  1. 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)

  1. Marks a tag question prompting the listener to clarify something.
    • You're dyslexic ah?So you're dyslexic?
  2. Used for emphasis; sometimes placed at the end of a short wh-question.
  3. Emphasizes the need for the listener's absolute acknowledgment or consent.
  4. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

Anagrams

ah - Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈah/, [ˈʔʌh]

Pronoun

áh

  1. this, these (masculine)

Declension

Declension of áh

ah - Albanian

Noun

ah m (indefinite plural ahe, definite singular ahu, definite plural ahet)

  1. beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Hyponyms

ah - Chickasaw

Adverb

ah

  1. yes

ah - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛː/, /ˈɛːɛ/, /ɑ̈ː/
  • Hyphenation: ah

Interjection

ah

  1. 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
    1. used to express pleasant surprise
      • "ah, velkommen Albert," sagde Sickert til prinsen
        • "ah, welcome Albert," said Sickert to the prince
      • Synonym: minsandten
  2. 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

  1. ah, oh

ah - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑh/, [ˈɑ̝h]
  • Syllabification: ah

Interjection

ah

  1. oh, ah

Anagrams

ah - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Interjection

ah

  1. ah

Derived terms

ah - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈaː]

Interjection

ah

  1. ah (expression of understanding, etc.)

ah - German

Interjection

ah

  1. expressing understanding
  2. expressing contentment

ah - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɒx]

Interjection

ah

  1. 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

  1. ah! (usually ironic or sarcastic)
    • Synonym: ha

Anagrams

ah - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /aːh/, [äː(ɦ)]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [ä]

Interjection

āh

  1. ah

ah - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see (“duck”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)
For pronunciation and definitions of ah – see (“particle expressing completion”). (This character, ah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

ah - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑx/

Conjunction

ah

  1. (Anglian) Alternative form of ac (but)

ah - Palikur

Noun

ah n or f

  1. (neuter) wood
  2. (feminine) tree

ah - Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɐː/

Noun

ah

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

Noun

ah

  1. shark mullet (Rhinomugil nasutus), at a growth stage of approximately twelve inches

Conjunction

ah

  1. however, and, then
    • I sukuhl, ah e doadoahk.
      • I went to school, and he worked.
    • Ma Soulik pahn iang, ah I sohte pahn iang.
      • If Soulik goes, then I won't.

Alternative forms

Determiner

ah

  1. his, her, hers, its, third person singular possessive pronoun
    • Liho iang ah pwoud.
      • The woman joined her husband.

Interjection

ah

  1. Oh!; commonly used as an expression of approval.
    • Ah, ke inenen mai.
      • Oh, you are really good.

ah - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa/
  • Homophone:

Interjection

ah!

  1. ah! (expression of relief, realization, awe)
  2. ah! (expression of woe, grief)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see ah.

ah - Romanian

Interjection

ah

  1. ah

ah - Somali

Verb

ah

  1. (intransitive) To be

ah - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa/ [ˈa]
  • Homophones: a, ha

Interjection

ah

  1. ah (expression of relief, realization, awe)
  2. ah (expression of woe, grief)

Anagrams

ah - Sumerian

Romanization

ah

  1. Romanization of 𒄴 (aḫ)

ah - Swedish

Interjection

ah

  1. ah; an expression of relief

Anagrams

ah - Tulu-Bohuai

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ah/

Noun

ah

  1. coral lime (for chewing/eating with betelnut)

ah - Vilamovian

Interjection

ah

  1. oh: expressing of surprise
  2. oh: expressing wonder, amazement, or awe
  3. oh: expressing understanding, recognition, or realization
  4. oh: preceding an offhand or annoyed remark
  5. oh: an invocation or address

ah - Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /àʔ/

Noun

ah

  1. fowl
  2. (specifically) chicken (Gallus gallus)

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of ah
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