"h" meaning in English

See h in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more h [comparative], most h [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} h (comparative more h, superlative most h)
  1. Alternative form of H Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: H Related terms: Η (english: Greek eta), Н (Cyrillic en)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Character

IPA: /eɪt͡ʃ/, [æɪt͡ʃ] [General-Australian], /heɪt͡ʃ/ [nonstandard, regional], [heːt͡ʃ] [Ireland], [hæɪt͡ʃ] [General-Australian, nonstandard], /ɛt͡ʃ/ [South-Asia], /h/ [phoneme] Audio: En-us-h.ogg [US], en-uk-h.ogg [UK] Forms: H [uppercase], hs [plural], h's [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪt͡ʃ, -eɪtʃ Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|H|plural|hs|or|h's}} h (lower case, upper case H, plural hs or h's), {{en-letter}} h (lower case, upper case H, plural hs or h's)
  1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase Categories (topical): English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-h-en-character-XlTwGwNX Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], C [Latin, letter], c [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Y [Latin, letter], y [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviations Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} h
  1. (sciences) Abbreviation of hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hour (extra: (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)) Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-h-en-noun-NxKAdDXL Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: sciences
  2. (baseball, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hit (extra: the number of hits by a player) Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-h-en-noun-S9Ntc0Hy Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (slang) Abbreviation of heroin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: heroin
    Sense id: en-h-en-noun--elNEZn7 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. (computing) Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hexadecimal (extra: following a number) Categories (topical): Computing
  5. Abbreviation of home phone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: home phone
    Sense id: en-h-en-noun-YolVa04Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 17 11 6 4 8 23 16 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /eɪt͡ʃ/, [æɪt͡ʃ] [General-Australian], /heɪt͡ʃ/ [nonstandard, regional], [heːt͡ʃ] [Ireland], [hæɪt͡ʃ] [General-Australian, nonstandard], /ɛt͡ʃ/ [South-Asia], /h/ [phoneme] Audio: En-us-h.ogg [US], en-uk-h.ogg [UK] Forms: H [uppercase]
Rhymes: -eɪt͡ʃ, -eɪtʃ Head templates: {{head|en|numeral symbol|lower case||upper case|H||h|||sc=}} h (lower case, upper case H), {{en-number|lower=h|upper=H}} h (lower case, upper case H)
  1. The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script. Tags: alt-of, lowercase, ordinal Alternative form of: eighth (extra: derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script) Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers, English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-h-en-num-MSpwGUGo Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Abbreviations Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} h
  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of have and inflections having, had Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: have and inflections having, had
    Sense id: en-h-en-verb-GDsGq~kV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "a-h conduction time"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "h-system"
    },
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