"aha" meaning in English

See aha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ɑːhɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ɑˈhɑ] [General-American], [əˈhɑ] [General-American] Audio: en-us-aha.ogg [US]
enPR: ä-häʹ Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Middle English a ha, aha, natural expression. Equivalent to ah + ha!. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|a ha}} Middle English a ha, {{m|enm|aha}} aha, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=natural expression}} natural expression, {{m|en|ah}} ah, {{m|en|ha|ha!}} ha! Head templates: {{en-interj}} aha
  1. An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition. Translations (exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition): آها (āhā) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), (ǹg) (Chinese Mandarin), (à) (Chinese Mandarin), 啊哈 (ahā) (Chinese Mandarin), aha (Czech), aha (Dutch), aha (Esperanto), ha (Esperanto), ahaa (Finnish), aha (French), tiens donc (French), aha (German), αχά (achá) (Greek), aha (Hungarian), aha (Interlingua), ああ (ā) (Japanese), なるほど (naruhodo) (Japanese), 아하 (aha) (Korean), aha (Latin), (e) (Nepali), aha (Norwegian), aha (Polish), ahá (Portuguese), ага́ (agá) (Russian), а (a) (Russian), aha (Serbo-Croatian), аха (Serbo-Croatian), aha (Slovak), ajá (Spanish), aha (Swedish), jaha (Swedish), aha (Turkish), ага́ (ahá) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-aha-en-intj-uoqfSC02 Disambiguation of 'exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition': 93 7
  2. An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.
    Sense id: en-aha-en-intj-R3M3jrUZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with redundant target parameters, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English links with redundant target parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a-ha, ah-ha Derived forms: aha effect, aha experience, aha moment Related terms: ah, ha, eureka

Alternative forms

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          "word": "aha"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "tiens donc"
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          "word": "aha"
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          "word": "aha"
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          "word": "aha"
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      "ipa": "/ɑːhɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɑˈhɑ]",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[əˈhɑ]",
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      "word": "a-ha"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "word": "aha effect"
    },
    {
      "word": "aha experience"
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      "word": "aha moment"
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      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
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      "word": "آها"
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      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "嗯"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "à",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "啊"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "啊哈"
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      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
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      "word": "aha"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ha"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ahaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "tiens donc"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "achá",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "αχά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ā",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ああ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "naruhodo",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "なるほど"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aha",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "아하"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ahá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agá",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ага́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "аха"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ajá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "jaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "aha"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ahá",
      "sense": "exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition",
      "word": "ага́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aha"
}

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