"heh" meaning in All languages combined

See heh on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Audio: en-us-heh.ogg [US]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh. Head templates: {{en-interj}} heh
  1. (onomatopoeia) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-heh-en-intj-vdb9-D6j Categories (other): English onomatopoeias
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection [English]

Head templates: {{en-interj}} heh
  1. Alternative form of eh (“tag question”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eh (extra: tag question)
    Sense id: en-heh-en-intj-WutbwC7m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 69 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

Forms: hehs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} heh (plural hehs)
  1. The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Categories (topical): Arabic letter names Translations (Semitic letter): (hē) (Chinese Mandarin), he (Finnish), ה״א (hey) (Hebrew), nenij (Nengone), הא (hey) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-heh-en-noun-elrndRQm Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 7 18 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Finnish]

IPA: /ˈheh/, [ˈhe̞h]
Rhymes: -eh Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fi}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|fi|interjections|head=}} heh, {{fi-int}} heh
  1. (onomatopoeia) heh (short chuckle or laugh) Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-heh-fi-intj-UMXWL-B6 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish onomatopoeias

Noun [Iu Mien]

Etymology: From Chinese 鞋 (MC hea|heaj). Etymology templates: {{bor|ium|zh|-}} Chinese, {{ltc-l|鞋}} 鞋 (MC hea|heaj) Head templates: {{head|ium|noun|head=}} heh, {{ium-noun}} heh
  1. shoe
    Sense id: en-heh-ium-noun-79ocklKR Categories (other): Iu Mien entries with incorrect language header, Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for heh meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)

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