Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Ha

Ha

(hä)
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[AS.]
An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated,
ha, ha
, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to “Well, it is so.”
Ha-has
, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ha

HA

, an exclamation, denoting surprise, joy or grief. With the first or long sound of a, it is used as a question, and is equivalent to 'What do you say?' When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, or sometimes it is equivalent to 'Well! it is so.'

Definition 2024

há

há

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Czech

Noun

há n

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔɑː/

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, plural há)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative há háið há háini
Accusative há háið há háini
Dative hái háinum háum háunum
Genitive hás hásins háa háanna

Interjection

há!

  1. ha!

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaː]

Noun

há

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

Noun

há n ‎(genitive singular hás, nominative plural há)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

há f ‎(genitive singular hár or háar, nominative plural hár)

  1. aftergrass, aftermath
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

há ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative háði, supine háð)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to injure, to handicap

Mandarin

Romanization

há (Zhuyin ㄏㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 虻
  2. Pinyin transcription of 蛤
  3. Pinyin transcription of 蝦

Navajo

Postposition

há

  1. for him/her/it/one/them, for his/her/its/one's/their sake
  2. in his/her/its/one's/their favor

Inflection

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • ha (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa/
  • Homophones: a, à, á, ah

Verb

há

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of haver
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of haver

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:haver.

Preposition

há

  1. Misspelling of a ‎(“to”).

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali খাওয়া ‎(khaoẇa).

Verb

há

  1. to eat

Shabo

Verb

há

  1. kill

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaː/

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