AITCH

Meaning of AITCH in English

/ eɪtʃ; NAmE / noun

the letter H written as a word :

He spoke with a cockney accent and dropped his aitches (= did not pronounce the letter H at the start of words) .

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Old French ache .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

AITCH — noun Etymology: French hache, from Vulgar Latin *hacca Date: circa 1580 the letter h
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AITCH — ˈāch noun ( -es ) Etymology: earlier ache, from French hache, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin hacca : the letter h
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AITCH — (n.) The letter h or H.
Английский словарь Webster
AITCH — ( n. ) The letter h or H.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AITCH — /aych/ , n. the letter H, h. [ ME ache ache hacca or * accha; r. ha ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AITCH — n. the letter "H" (eighth letter of the Latin/English alphabet)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AITCH — noun Etymology: French hache, from Vulgar Latin * hacca Date: circa 1580 : the letter h
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AITCH — noun the letter h or h.
Webster English vocab
AITCH — ■ noun the letter H. Phrases drop one's ~es fail to pronounce the letter h at the beginning of words. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AITCH — [aitch] n [F hache, fr. (assumed) VL hacca] (ca. 1580): the letter h
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AITCH — aitch BrE AmE eɪtʃ ▷ aitches ˈeɪtʃ ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AITCH — aitch /eɪtʃ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural aitches ) [uncountable and countable] the letter H when written as a word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AITCH — n. the name of the letter H. ødrop one's aitches fail to pronounce the initial h in words. [ME f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AITCH — n. the name of the letter H. drop one's aitches fail to pronounce the initial h in words. [ ME …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AITCH — n. the name of the letter H. Phrases and idioms: drop one's aitches fail to pronounce the initial h in …
Oxford English vocab
AITCH — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Not only are aitches dropped, appalling vocals now reign virtually supreme in the realm of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AITCH — [noun] [C] - (the name of) the letter h(UK disapproving) If you say that someone drops their aitches, you mean …
Cambridge English vocab
AITCH — эйч, название буквы H имеющий форму буквы H
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AITCH — 1. eıtʃ n эйч, название буквы H 2. eıtʃ a имеющий форму буквы H
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AITCH — 1. [eıtʃ] n эйч, название буквы H 2. [eıtʃ] a имеющий форму буквы H
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
AITCH — 1. eıtʃ n эйч, название буквы H 2. eıtʃ a имеющий форму буквы H
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AITCH — эйч, название буквы H имеющий форму буквы H
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AITCH — n. Pronunciation: ' ā ch Function: noun Etymology: French hache, from Vulgar Latin *hacca Date: circa 1580 : the letter …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AITCH-BONE — aitch-bone BrE AmE ˈeɪtʃ bəʊn AmE \ -boʊn ▷ aitch-bone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DROP ONE'S AITCHES — fail to pronounce the letter h at the beginning of words. → aitch
Concise Oxford English vocab
AITCHBONE — [aitch.bone] n [ME hachbon, alter. (resulting from incorrect division of a nachebon) of (assumed) ME nachebon, fr. ME nache buttock …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
H — (also h ) / eɪtʃ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Hs , H's , h's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
H — H BrE AmE , h /eɪtʃ/ noun ( plural H’s , h’s ) [uncountable and countable] the eighth letter of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
H — n. (also h) (pl. Hs or H's) 1 the eighth letter of the alphabet (see AITCH). 2 anything having the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DROP — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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