eh
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Interjection
eh
- Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener confirm or agree with what has been said.
- These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?
- In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. Compare what, pardon.
- (Canadian) an interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker
- So we're out of beer, eh, we better get more then.
[edit] Usage notes
This term is stereotypically associated with Canada. Some uses of it outside of Canada can convey that you are trying to sound (sarcastically) Canadian. However, it is in wide use in many other parts of the world, including the northern United States, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, and South Africa.
[edit] Translations
used as a tag question
used to mean “What?”
(Canadian) an interjection used to ascertain the continued attention
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[edit] Verb
eh
- To come, to arrive.
[edit] French
[edit] Interjection
eh !
- (signifying indifference or surprise)
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[edit] Hungarian
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eh
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