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Webster 1913 Edition
Ah
Ah
,int
erj.
[OE.
a
: cf. OF. a
, F. ah
, L. ah
, Gr. [GREEK], Sk. ā
, Icel. æ, OHG. ā
, Lith. á
, 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)
- Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge).
- (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
- 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
- An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, et cetera according to uttered inflection.
- Ah, I see.
- Ah!
- A word used for drama or emphasis.
- Ah, the flowers of spring.
- A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
- ah, ah, ah.
Translations
an expression
Related terms
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".
- 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.
- 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)
Pronoun
ah (personal pronoun, plural we, possessive adjective mah)
- 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)
Hyponyms
- ah i bardhë ‘white hornbeam’ (Carpinus betulus)
Hungarian
Etymology
Involuntary expression of emotions: surprise, impatience, desire, sadness, refusal.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɒx]
Interjection
ah
- ah
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
Latin
Interjection
ah!
References
- ah in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ah in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Palikur
Noun
ah n, f
References
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, ISBN 0199593566)
Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐː/
- Rhymes: -ɐː
Noun
ah
Noun
ah
- shark mullet (Rhinomugil nasutus), at a growth stage of approximately twelve inches
Conjunction
ah
- 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.
- I sukuhl, ah e doadoahk.
Interjection
ah
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
ah!
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ah.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Interjection
ah