aitch

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 āch

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
    — The word hour is written with a silent aitch.

词形变化

aitches plural haitch alternative,Australia,Ireland,proscribed,sometimes ache alternative,rare

词源

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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