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aitch.

The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈeɪt͡ʃ/
  1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

    The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
    Cockneys drop their aitches.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.