ah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ah"

English

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Etymology

mid-1400s Old Frankish (replacing English la)

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

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

an expression

• Arabic: آه ‎(ʾāh)

  Egyptian Arabic: آه ‎(aaah), أها ‎(ʔahaa)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哦 (zh) ‎(ò)

• Dutch: ah (nl)
• Estonian: aa (et), ah (et), ee (et), oi (et), oo
• Finnish: aa (fi)
• Greek: α (el) ‎(a)

• Ido: ah (io)
• Japanese: ああ (ja) ‎(ā), あ (ja) ‎(a), 嗚呼 (ja) ‎(ああ, ā)
• Korean: 아 (ko) ‎(a)
• Malay: ah (ms)
• Persian: آها ‎(âhâ)
• Polish: ach (pl)
• Portuguese: ah (pt)
• Russian: а (ru) ‎(a), ага́ (ru) ‎(agá), о (ru) ‎(o)
• Slovak: ach
• Swedish: ah (sv)
• Thai: อ้อ ‎(ôr)
• Vietnamese: à (vi)

word to fill space

• Estonian: ee (et)

• Greek: α (el) ‎(a), ω (el) ‎(o)

word used for drama

• Estonian: ah (et)
• Greek: α (el) ‎(a)

• Hebrew: אבוי ‎(avoy)
• Swedish: ack (sv)

Related terms

• oh
• uh
• ha
• aha
• aah

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

• ha, Ha, ha', HA

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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

• ah i bardhë ‘white hornbeam’ (Carpinus betulus)

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Chickasaw

Adverb

ah

1. yes

Synonyms

• hohmi

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Esperanto

Interjection

ah

1. ah, oh

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French

Interjection

ah

1. ah

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

ah

1. expressing understanding
2. expressing contentment

External links

• ah in Duden online

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒx]

Interjection

ah

1. ah
   • 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1 [1]

     Ah jó uram, mit láttam én az éjjel!

     Ah, my good lord, what have I seen to-night!

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Latin

Interjection

ah!

1. ah

References

• ah in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ah in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Palikur

Noun

ah n, f

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

References

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, ISBN 0199593566)

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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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a/
• Homophone: há

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.

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Somali

Verb

ah

1. (intransitive) To be

   Bariis oo macaan ah.‎ ― Rice that is sweet.

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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

• ay
• eh
• oh

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Swedish

Interjection

ah

1. ah; an expression of relief

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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