CH
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of Latin Confoederatio Helvetica (“Swiss confederation”)
Symbol edit
CH
English edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation
Noun edit
CH (countable and uncountable, plural CHs)
- Initialism of companion of honour, a British honour and postnominal abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
- (US, army, aviation) Initialism of cargo helicopter.
- (set theory) Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
- (medicine) Initialism of cluster headache.
- Initialism of central heating.
- Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
Proper noun edit
CH
- (Canada) the Montreal Canadiens hockey club
- Abbreviation of Chandigarh (Indian union territory)
See also edit
- Order of the Companions of Honour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch)
- Third letter of the Cornish alphabet
Czech edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- a digraph, the fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after H and before I
Usage notes edit
Upper case CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed case Ch is usually used.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
CH m pl (plural only)
Descendants edit
- English: CH
Noun edit
CH m (plural CHs)
- Abbreviation of centre hospitalier. (lit. hospital center)
- HC (“hockey club”); Initialism of club de hockey.
- Abbreviation of club de hockey sur glace.
Italian edit
Proper noun edit
CH ?
- Abbreviation of Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)
Latvian edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).
Usage notes edit
This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
CH (lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
Alphabetized between H and I.
See also edit
Spanish edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet
Usage notes edit
- Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.
Proper noun edit
CH ?
- Abbreviation of Chihuahua (Mexican state)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) (historical)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called che and written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Welsh edit
Letter edit
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
Usage notes edit
Lke the other Welsh digraphs, CH is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, CHWECH is alphabetically sorted after CYLLELL.