"H-hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: H-hours [plural]
Etymology: The H stands for hour; compare D-Day. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hour}} hour, {{m|en|D-Day}} D-Day Head templates: {{en-noun|head=H-hour}} H-hour (plural H-hours)
  1. (figuratively) The hour at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin, as used in United States military. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: zero hour, H-Hour Coordinate_terms: D-Day, X-Day Translations (hour at which major event is set to begin): uur U [neuter] (Dutch), h-hetki (Finnish), heure H [feminine] (French), שעת ש' (Hebrew), Jam-J (Indonesian), klokken H (Norwegian Bokmål), hora H [feminine] (Portuguese), giờ G (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-H-hour-en-noun-tB~R3PFn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
          "word": "h-hetki"
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          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
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          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
          "word": "שעת ש'"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
          "word": "Jam-J"
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          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
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          "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
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          "code": "vi",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "word": "h-hetki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "word": "שעת ש'"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "word": "Jam-J"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "word": "klokken H"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hora H"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hour at which major event is set to begin",
      "word": "giờ G"
    }
  ],
  "word": "H-hour"
}

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