aitch

American  

[aych] / eɪtʃ /

noun

1. the letter H, h.

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aitch British  

/ eɪtʃ /

noun

1. the letter h or the sound represented by it

   he drops his aitches

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Etymology

Origin of aitch

Middle English ache < Old French ache < Late Latin *hacca or *accha; replacing ha

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Example Sentences

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aitch

Sellers again, this time as a union shop steward who will make a speech at the drop of an aitch, in a film that takes a cracking good satirical look at labor-management relations in England.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now Miss Rooney had gev up the contist an' plasthered her hair down on aitch side av her face so smooth ye'd shwear it was ironed it was, an' begun to take the worruld aisey.

From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally

There she sat wid a row av black cats on aitch side, an' the full av a shkillet av sarpints a-shtewin' on the fire.

From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally

"Tell him the aitch bone is better!" continued Mr. Sam with some heat.

From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

So, ye mind, when two berryin's happen to meet, aitch party is shtrivin' to be done foorst, an' wan thries to make the other lave aff, an' thin they have it.

From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally

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