aitch

aitch meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Tagalog

Examples of aitch in a sentence

• The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
• "If you've got any drawing-room manners, or a dislike to eating peas with a knife or dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 257:
• And often she had had to tell Joe about his aitches.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 469:

Forms of aitch

Origin of aitch

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.

Words formed from aitch

• aitchbone
• aitch-dropping
• aitch ee double hockey sticks
• aitchless

Words that rhyme with aitch

• h
• kph
• ache
• haitch
• mph

Questions about aitch

What does aitch mean?

Aitch means the name of the Latin script letter H/h.

What is aitch in Hindi?

Aitch in Hindi is एच (ec). See Aitch meaning in Hindi.

How do you use aitch in a sentence?

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

What part of speech is aitch?

Aitch can be a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce aitch?

Aitch is pronounced /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/.

What is the plural of aitch?

The plural of aitch is aitches.