"Ah" meaning in English

See Ah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Ahs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ah (plural Ahs)
  1. Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ampere-hour (extra: unit of charge)
    Sense id: en-Ah-en-noun-pnajToaM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 阿. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|zh|阿}} Chinese 阿 Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} Ah, {{en-prefix}} Ah
  1. A prefix of Chinese origin used with a shortened form of given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to a nickname. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: Ah Beng, Ah Huay, Ah Lian, Ah Seng Translations (used in Chinese names): (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (aa³) (Chinese Cantonese), (ā) (Chinese Mandarin), (â) (Hakka Chinese)
    Sense id: en-Ah-en-prefix-ripibrwS Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 45 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 52 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} Ah, {{en-pronoun}} Ah
  1. Phonetic spelling of "I" in African American Vernacular English, popularized by Zora Neale Hurston
    Sense id: en-Ah-en-pron-DogRHMKN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 41 58 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 1 21 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 45 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 52 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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