h
h - Translingual
Letter
h (upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol
h
- (IPA) voiceless glottal fricative or approximant.
- (superscript) (after a consonant) aspiration; otherwise a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [h] – see ʰ.
- (metrology) symbol for the prefix hecto-, indicating multiplication by 100
- symbol of the hour
- Planck's constant
- helion
- higgson
- (transcription) aspiration
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of H, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur
h - English
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/, silent
Letter
Number
h (lower case, upper case H)
Noun
h
- (sciences) Abbreviation of hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)
- (baseball, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player
- (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
- (computing) Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number)
- Abbreviation of home phone.
Verb
h
Adjective
h (comparative more h, superlative most h)
- Alternative form of H
Derived terms
h - Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /h/
Letter
h lower case (upper case H)
h - Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA: (Southern) /at͡ʃe/, [a.t͡ʃe̞]
- IPA: (Northern) /hat͡ʃe/, [ɦa.t͡ʃe̞]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ɦaː/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA: /hɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: he
Noun
m
Inflection
Alternative forms
h |
h - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ho/
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhɑː/, [ˈ(h)ɑː]
- (dated) IPA: /ˈhɑʃː/, [ˈ(h)ɑʃː]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhoː/, [ˈho̞ː] (spelled out as a letter)
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Noun
h
Usage notes
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Declension
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h - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aʃ/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Derived terms
Symbol
h
- Used to indicate the hour in a time indication, either with or without following minutes.
- 10h ― 10:00 a.m.
- 20h30 ― 8:30 p.m.
h - Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Usage notes
h - German
Letter
h
- the letter h, see H
Pronunciation
- IPA: /uːɐ̯/
Noun
h
- (common, not restricted to scientific usage) hour
h - Gothic
Romanization
h
- Romanization of 𐌷
h - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: [ˈx]
- (letter name): IPA: [ˈhaː]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called há and written in the Latin script.
- (music) Alternative form of H (“B”, the seventh note in the C major scale, its symbol in writing or in print, or the equivalent key of a piano or stop of a stringed instrument)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | h | h-k |
accusative | h-t | h-kat |
dative | h-nak | h-knak |
instrumental | h-val | h-kkal |
causal-final | h-ért | h-kért |
translative | h-vá | h-kká |
terminative | h-ig | h-kig |
essive-formal | h-ként | h-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | h-ban | h-kban |
superessive | h-n | h-kon |
adessive | h-nál | h-knál |
illative | h-ba | h-kba |
sublative | h-ra | h-kra |
allative | h-hoz | h-khoz |
elative | h-ból | h-kból |
delative | h-ról | h-król |
ablative | h-tól | h-któl |
non-attributive possessive - singular | h-é | h-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | h-éi | h-kéi |
Possessive forms of h | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | h-m | h-im |
2nd person sing. | h-d | h-id |
3rd person sing. | h-ja | h-i |
1st person plural | h-nk | h-ink |
2nd person plural | h-tok | h-itok |
3rd person plural | h-juk | h-ik |
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhoɟ]
Conjunction
h
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of hogy (“that”).
h - Icelandic
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA: /hauː/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Ido
Pronunciation
- (context pronunciation) IPA: /h/
- (letter name) IPA: /he/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ha/
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Prefix
h
- marker of h-prothesis
- na habhann ― of the river
- fáilte go hÉirinn ― welcome to Ireland
- chomh hard le crann ― as tall as a tree
h - Italian
Letter
h f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case H)
h - Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [x]
Letter
h (upper case H)
Usage notes
The letter H/h (like F/f, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA [x] (like German machen, ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].
h - Livonian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /x/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Lushootseed
Letter
h
- The fourteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless glottal fricative.
h - Malay
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Maltese
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /-/, /ː/, /j/, /w/, /ħ/
Letter
h (upper case H)
Usage notes
- In contemporary Maltese, h remains a true consonant [ħ] in the following cases:
- Otherwise it is silent or leaves only a vocalic trace:
- Following and preceding a, e, o are lengthened if stressed: hedded [ˈɛːddɛt], fehmet [ˈfɛːmɛt]. Other vowels are not affected.
- In intervocalic position it is a glide, [j] after i, ie, and [w] after u: jibniha [jɪbˈnɪːja], inħobbuhom [ɪnħɔbˈbuːwɔm].
- The sequence -aho- becomes [ɔː]: rahom [rɔːm]. The sequence -ehi- becomes [ɛj] or [ɛˈjiː]: ftehim [ftɛjm], [ftɛˈjiːm].
- Phonotactically, word-initial h now generally behaves like a vowel, allowing contractions such as m’hemmx [mɛːmʃ]. However, word-internal h still behaves like a (virtual) consonant. Compare for example qablu [ˈʔablʊ] with qabilha [ʔaˈbɪla], which latter is formed as though the l were followed by a consonant.
h - Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /hɔː/
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/
Letter
h
Usage notes
- When written before j, the h becomes silent.
h - Nupe
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /xa/
- (phoneme) IPA: /x/, (dialectal) /h/
Letter
h (upper case H, lower case)
Usage notes
- Seemingly native words spelt with ‹h› (rather than ‹ch›) are generally from Czech or other Slavic dialects. Otherwise ‹h› occurs in loanwords, especially from German. Some southern speakers distinguish between /x/ and /h/, but this is not part of standard Polish.
h - Portuguese
Pronunciation
Name: see agá
Letter:
- in most words: silent
- in expressive terms and recent loanwords: IPA: /h/, [h], [ɦ], [ʁ]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The eighth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called agá and written in the Latin script.
- silent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only
- (chiefly obsolete) silent letter used word-medially in loanwords
- (obsolete except in given names) used in the Hellenistic digraphs th, ph and rh
- (obsolete except in given names) used in words perceived to be Hellenisms
- represents /h/ in most recent loanwords from other languages, most commonly English
- used in the digraphs ch, lh and nh, where it indicates a palatal or post-alveolar pronunciation
- (obsolete) silent letter used word-initially in monosyllabic verbs with no attack
- silent letter used syllable-finally in some interjections
- represents /h/ in some expressive terms
- (chiefly Internet slang) used as a replacement for the acute or circumflex accent, or silent infinitive -r, indicating stress
- (obsolete except in the word Bahia) silent letter used to mark some hiatus
- silent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only
Noun
h f (invariable)
- Abbreviation of hora.
Usage notes
- This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 0 and 23 to indicate the day's hours).
- The abbreviation can be followed by a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour (as in French). This can be optionally represented by another abbreviation: min.
- Example: 15h30 or 15h30min, the first being much more common
- min can be further followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
- Example: 20h43min08s
h - Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase) H
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /x/
Letter
h (Cyrillic spelling х)
h - Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /x/, /h/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Slovene
Alternative forms
See usage notes for both etymologies.
Pronunciation
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: /x/, [ɣ], SNPT: /h/, [ɣ] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: /x/, [ɣ], SNPT: /h/, [ɣ] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈxə̂], [ˈxâː], [ˈxǎː], SNPT: [hə̏], [hā] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈxə], [ˈxaː], SNPT: [hə̀], [hā], |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• Rhymes: -ə, -aː ([ə̀], [á]) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: h • Homophones: H, h, ha (tonal and non-tonal) |
• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *hə̀ • Carinthian dialect plane: *hə̏ • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *hə̏ • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *hə̏ • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏ • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏ • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏ • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏ • Pannonian dialect plane: *hə̏ |
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
- The ninth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The fourteenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The tenth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
In Metelko alphabet, the phoneme was written by two different letters whether it was pronounced as velar /x/ or glottal /h/, a distinction irrelevant to nowadays standard and the distinction was also not used by all writers. Phoneme /h/ was written with 〈h〉, while /x/ was written with a yet to be encoded character .
Symbol
h
- (SNPT for Standard Slovene) Phonetic transcription of sound [x].
- (dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sounds [h, ħ].
Noun
h m inan or f
Inflection
- Overall more common
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix | |||
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nom. sing. | h | ||
gen. sing. | h-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik | h | h-ja | h-ji |
genitive rodȋlnik | h-ja | h-jev | h-jev |
dative dajȃlnik | h-ju, h-ji | h-jema | h-jem |
accusative tožȋlnik | h | h-ja | h-je |
locative mẹ̑stnik | h-ju, h-ji | h-jih | h-jih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik | h-jem | h-jema | h-ji |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | h | h-ja | h-ji |
- More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings) , fixed accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | h | ||
gen. sing. | h | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik | h | h | h |
genitive rodȋlnik | h | h | h |
dative dajȃlnik | h | h | h |
accusative tožȋlnik | h | h | h |
locative mẹ̑stnik | h | h | h |
instrumental orọ̑dnik | h | h | h |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | h | h | h |
- Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | h | ||
gen. sing. | h-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik | h | h-ja | h-ji |
genitive rodȋlnik | h-ja | h-jov | h-jov |
dative dajȃlnik | h-ju, h-ji | h-joma | h-jom |
accusative tožȋlnik | h | h-ja | h-je |
locative mẹ̑stnik | h-ju, h-ji | h-jih | h-jih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik | h-jom | h-joma | h-ji |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | h | h-ja | h-ji |
- Rare
Third feminine declension (no endings) , fixed accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | h | ||
gen. sing. | h | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik | h | h | h |
genitive rodȋlnik | h | h | h |
dative dajȃlnik | h | h | h |
accusative tožȋlnik | h | h | h |
locative mẹ̑stnik | h | h | h |
instrumental orọ̑dnik | h | h | h |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | h | h | h |
Pronunciation
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [x], [ɣ], SNPT: [h], [ɣ] (see also usage notes) • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [x], [ɣ], SNPT: [h], [ɣ] (see also usage notes) |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [xə], SNPT: [hə] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [xə], SNPT: [hə] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈxə́], SNPT: [hə̏] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈxə], SNPT: [hə̀] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• Rhymes: -ə ([-ə̀]) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: h • Homophones: h, H (tonal and non-tonal) |
• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *k • Carinthian dialect plane: *k • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: =*k • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *k • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *k • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *k • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *k • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *k • Pannonian dialect plane: *k |
Preposition
h
Usage notes
Preposition h is a form of preposition k that appears before words that start with /k/ or /ɡ/ while other form is used for all other words. In "correct" pronunciation, the preposition does not form its own syllable, but binds to the first syllable of the next word and has therefore two pronunciations: [x] if word starts with [k] and [ɣ] if word starts with [ɡ]. In colloquial speech, this form (or at least its pronunciation) are also used with words starting with other letters.
h - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: (letter name) /ˈat͡ʃe/ [ˈa.t͡ʃe]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Derived terms
h - Swedish
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Noun
h
h - Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: h
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA: /ˈʔejt͡ʃ/, [ˈʔɛɪ̯t͡ʃ]
- (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA: /ha/, [hɐ]
- (letter name, Abecedario): IPA: /ˈʔat͡ʃe/, [ˈʔa.t͡ʃɛ]
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/, [h] (silent in Spanish unadapted loanwords)
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)
Letter
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- (historical) The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called hache and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Over time, some of the loaned Spanish words still spelled with the silent ⟨h⟩ are spoken with /h/ due to the loss of knowledge of the letter being silent.
h - Turkish
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA: (standard) /ˈheː/, /ˈhaʃ/
- (phoneme) IPA: /h/, [ç]
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
Usage notes
- See H.
h - Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /h~x/
Letter
h (upper case H)
h - Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA: /h/
Prefix
h
- marker of h-prothesis
- ei hiaith ― her language
- i’n heglwys ― to our church
- un ar hugain ― twenty-one
h - Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /h/
- (letter name): IPA: /hí/
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)
h - Zulu
Letter
h (lower case, upper case H)