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Webster 1913 Edition


Ah

Ah

,
int
erj.
[OE.
a
: cf. OF.
a
, F.
ah
, L.
ah
, Gr. [GREEK], Sk.
, Icel. æ, OHG.
, Lith.
,
áá
.]
An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ah

AH

, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, &c., according to the manner of utterance.

Definition 2024


Ah

Ah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ah"

English

Noun

Ah (plural Ahs)

  1. Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge).
  2. (China) Used in front of a shortened form of peoples' given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to Mister.
    Ah Ming left Canton in 1850 for California.

Translations

Interjection

Ah

  1. see ah.

References

  • Ah” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • Ah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Anagrams

ah

ah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ah"

English

Interjection

ah

  1. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, et cetera according to uttered inflection.
    Ah, I see.
    Ah!
  2. A word used for drama or emphasis.
    Ah, the flowers of spring.
  3. A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
    ah, ah, ah.

Translations

Related terms

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".
    • 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)
      Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.

Pronoun

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

  1. Eye dialect spelling of I., most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent.

References

  • ah” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • ah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aksa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃esko ‘ash’ (compare Greek οξιά (oxiá, beech), Armenian հածի (haci), English ash).

Noun

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

  1. beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Hyponyms


Chickasaw

Adverb

ah

  1. yes

Synonyms


Esperanto

Interjection

ah

  1. ah, oh

French

Interjection

ah

  1. ah

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

ah

  1. expressing understanding
  2. expressing contentment

Hungarian

Etymology

Involuntary expression of emotions: surprise, impatience, desire, sadness, refusal.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈɒx]

Interjection

ah

  1. ah

References

  1. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Latin

Interjection

ah!

  1. ah

References


Palikur

Noun

ah n, f

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

References

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, ISBN 0199593566)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐː/
  • Rhymes: -ɐː

Noun

ah

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

Interjection

ah

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

ah!

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

Quotations

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


Somali

Verb

ah

  1. (intransitive) To be
    Bariis oo macaan ah. ― Rice that is sweet.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a/
  • Homophones: a, ha

Interjection

ah

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

Related terms


Swedish

Interjection

ah

  1. ah; an expression of relief

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