The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
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Aitch
//ˈeɪt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "aitch" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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4 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِتْش noun (name of the letter H, h)
- هَا noun (name of the letter H, h)
Asturian
1 entries- hache noun (name of the letter H, h)
Bengali
1 entries- এইচ noun (name of the letter H, h)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хаш noun (name of the letter H, h)
Catalan
1 entries- hac noun (name of the letter H, h)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- H (éichi) noun (name of the letter H, h)
Czech
1 entries- há noun (name of the letter H, h)
Dutch
1 entries- haa noun (name of the letter H, h)
Esperanto
1 entries- ho noun (name of the letter H, h)
Faroese
1 entries- há noun (name of the letter H, h)
Finnish
1 entries- hoo noun (name of the letter H, h)
French
2 entries- ache noun (name of the letter H, h)
- âche noun (name of the letter H, h)
Galician
1 entries- hache noun (name of the letter H, h)
German
1 entries- Ha noun (name of the letter H, h)
Greek
1 entries- έιτς noun (name of the letter H, h)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hē noun (name of the letter H, h)
Hindi
1 entries- एच noun (name of the letter H, h)
Hungarian
1 entries- há noun (name of the letter H, h)
Icelandic
1 entries- há noun (name of the letter H, h)
Ido
1 entries- he noun (name of the letter H, h)
Indonesian
1 entries- ha noun (name of the letter H, h)
Irish
1 entries- héis noun (name of the letter H, h)
Italian
1 entries- acca noun (name of the letter H, h)
Japanese
1 entries- エイチ noun (name of the letter H, h)
Korean
1 entries- 에이치 noun (name of the letter H, h)
Latin
1 entries- hā noun (name of the letter H, h)
Latvian
1 entries- hā noun (name of the letter H, h)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ha noun (name of the letter H, h)
Malay
1 entries- hec noun (name of the letter H, h)
Manx
1 entries- hibbin noun (name of the letter H, h)
Marathi
1 entries- एच noun (name of the letter H, h)
Middle English
2 entries- ache noun (name of the letter H, h)
- uhe noun (name of the letter H, h)
Occitan
1 entries- acha noun (name of the letter H, h)
Old English
2 entries- hah noun (name of the letter H, h)
- hake noun (name of the letter H, h)
Persian
2 entries- ایچ noun (name of the letter H, h)
- هاش noun (name of the letter H, h)
Polish
2 entries- h noun (name of the letter H, h)
- samo h noun (name of the letter H, h)
Portuguese
1 entries- agá noun (name of the letter H, h)
Romanian
1 entries- haș noun (name of the letter H, h)
Russian
3 entries- аш noun (name of the letter H, h)
- ха noun (name of the letter H, h)
- эйч noun (name of the letter H, h)
Spanish
1 entries- hache noun (name of the letter H, h)
Swedish
1 entries- hå noun (name of the letter H, h)
Tagalog
3 entries- atse noun (name of the letter H, h)
- eyts noun (name of the letter H, h)
- ha (Abakada) noun (name of the letter H, h)
Thai
2 entries- เอช noun (name of the letter H, h)
- เฮช noun (name of the letter H, h)
Turkish
1 entries- he noun (name of the letter H, h)
Ukrainian
3 entries- аш noun (name of the letter H, h)
- га noun (name of the letter H, h)
- ейч noun (name of the letter H, h)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hắt noun (name of the letter H, h)
- hờ noun (name of the letter H, h)
Welsh
1 entries- aetsh noun (name of the letter H, h)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Cockneys drop their aitches.
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The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
Source: wiktionary
"If you've got any drawing-room manners, or a dislike to eating peas with a knife or dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away. They ain't no further use."
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