heh
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#HEH HeheCategory:Translingual clippings#HEH.
Symbol
hehCategory:Translingual lemmas#HEHCategory:Translingual symbols#HEHCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#HEHCategory:Translingual palindromes#HEHCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
See also
English
Etymology 1
Noun
heh (plural hehs)Category:English lemmas#HEHCategory:English nouns#HEHCategory:English countable nouns#HEHCategory:English palindromes#HEHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician 𐤄, Aramaic 𐡄, Hebrew ה, Syriac ܗ, Arabic ه, and others).
Translations
Etymology 2
OnomatopoeiaCategory:English onomatopoeias#HEH of a weak laugh.
Pronunciation
Interjection
hehCategory:English lemmas#HEHCategory:English interjections#HEHCategory:English palindromes#HEHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- (onomatopoeiaCategory:English onomatopoeias#HEH) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.
- Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud.
- Friend 2: Heh.
Etymology 3
Interjection
hehCategory:English lemmas#HEHCategory:English interjections#HEHCategory:English palindromes#HEHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- Alternative form of eh (“tag question”).
- 2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones:
- He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”Category:English terms with quotations#HEH
Anagrams
Category:en:Arabic letter names#HEHFinnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheh/, [ˈhe̞h]Category:Finnish 1-syllable words#HEHCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#HEH
- Rhymes: -ehCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/eh#HEHCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/eh/1 syllable#HEH
- Syllabification(key): heh
- Hyphenation(key): heh
Interjection
hehCategory:Finnish lemmas#HEHCategory:Finnish interjections#HEHCategory:Finnish palindromes#HEHCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- (onomatopoeiaCategory:Finnish onomatopoeias#HEH) heh (short chuckle or laugh)
Usage notes
- Variations: heh-heh, hehee, he-he-he,...
Further reading
- “heh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Iu Mien
Etymology
From ChineseCategory:Iu Mien terms borrowed from Chinese#HEHCategory:Iu Mien terms derived from Chinese#HEH 鞋 (MC hea|heaj).
Noun
hehCategory:Iu Mien lemmas#HEHCategory:Iu Mien nouns#HEHCategory:Iu Mien palindromes#HEHCategory:Iu Mien entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
Old English
Adjective
hēhCategory:Old English lemmas#HEHCategory:Old English adjectives#HEHCategory:Old English palindromes#HEHCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- alternative form of hēah
Scots
Pronunciation
Adjective
heh (comparative heher, superlative hehest)Category:Scots lemmas#HEHCategory:Scots adjectives#HEHCategory:Scots palindromes#HEHCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#HEHCategory:Pages with entries#HEHCategory:Pages with 6 entries#HEH
- DundeeCategory:Dundee Scots#HEH form of heich (“high”)