silent h

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silent h (plural silent h's)

  1. (orthography) A letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced.
    • 2019, Carson Stewart, History of the English Language[1], page 178:
      Examples include the silent h in ghost (to match Dutch gheest, which later became geest), aghast, ghastly and gherkin.
  2. (linguistics, phonetics, literally) non-aspiration of a glottal consonant (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

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