CH

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ch"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica (“Swiss Confederation”).

Symbol

CH

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Switzerland.

   Synonym: CHE (alpha-3)

English

Noun

CH (countable and uncountable, plural CHs)

1. (Commonwealth, postnominal) Initialism of companion of honour.
2. (nautical) Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
3. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of cargo helicopter.
4. (set theory) Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
5. (medicine) Initialism of cluster headache.
6. Initialism of central heating.
7. Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.

Proper noun

CH

1. (Canada, ice hockey) Short for Montreal Canadiens.
2. Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.

Anagrams

• h/c, hc, H/C, H.C., HC, H&C

Cornish

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch)

1. Third letter of the Cornish alphabet

Czech

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. a digraph, the fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after H and before I

Usage notes

Upper case CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed case Ch is usually used.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.aʃ/

Noun

CH m (plural CHs)

1. initialism of centre hospitalier (literally “hospital center”)

   Coordinate terms: CHU, CHSLD, CLSC, CSSS, CISSS, CIUSSS

2. (field hockey or ice hockey) initialism of club de hockey (“hockey club”); HC
   1. initialism of club de hockey sur glace
3. alternative letter-case form of ch (“horsepower”)

Proper noun

CH m pl (plural only)

1. (Canada, ice hockey) short for Canadiens de Montréal, an ice hockey team based in Montreal.

Descendants

• English: CH

Italian

Proper noun

CH ?

1. abbreviation of Chieti: a city and province of Abruzzo, Italy

Latvian

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).

Usage notes

This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

CH (lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Alphabetized between H and I.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Spanish

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Proper noun

CH ?

1. abbreviation of Chihuahua: a state of Mexico

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish CH.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃɛ] (letter name, chiefly upper class)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡se/ [ˈt͡sɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈse/ [ˈsɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/ [t͡ʃ] (phoneme, chiefly upper class)
  • IPA^(key): /ts/ [t̪s] (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme)

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch) (historical)

1. The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called che and written in the Latin script.

See also

• C
• H

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [se˧˧ haːt̚˧˦], [t͡ɕəː˨˩], [t͡ɕəː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˧˥], [t͡ɕəː˦˩], [t͡ɕəː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˥], [cəː˨˩], [cəː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
• Phonetic spelling: xê hát, chờ, chờ nhẹ

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. (dated) Traditionally the sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê hát, chờ or chờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Upper case CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed case Ch is usually used.

Welsh

Letter

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

1. èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, after C and before D

Usage notes

Lke the other Welsh digraphs, CH is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, CHWECH is alphabetically sorted after CYLLELL.