eh
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Canada, UK) enPR: ā, IPA(key): /eɪ/
(Canadian) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /e/
- Rhymes: -e
InterjectionEdit
eh
- (informal, Britain, Australia, Canada, US) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
- These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?
- In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. Compare what, pardon.
- (Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker
- I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.
- Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.
- —Do you feel like going out tonight?
—Eh, I don't know.
- —Do you feel like going out tonight?
Usage notesEdit
In North America this term is stereotypically associated with Canada and some uses of it outside of Canada can convey that you are trying to sound (sarcastically) Canadian. However, it is in wide use in many other parts of the world, including the northern United States, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, and South Africa.
TranslationsEdit
VerbEdit
eh (third-person singular simple present ehs, present participle ehing, simple past and past participle ehed)
- To use the interjection eh
AdjectiveEdit
eh
- (informal, predicative only) Of mediocre quality; unremarkable.
- My French fries were eh.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *akˢka, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
VerbEdit
eh (first-person singular past tense eha, participle ehur)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
FrenchEdit
InterjectionEdit
eh
- signifying indifference or surprise
AnagramsEdit
External linksEdit
- “eh” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German ē (“earlier, ere”), originally ēr. Modern Standard German uses the lengthened form ehe (only as a conjunction).
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
eh
- (colloquial) before
- Lass uns gehn, eh wir den Bus verpassen!
- Let's go before we miss the bus!
AdverbEdit
eh
- (colloquial) anyway
- Wozu soll ich mich anstrengen? Ich kann's eh nicht.
- Why should I make an effort? I can't do it anyway.
- (colloquial, Austria) well, admittedly (for which in Germany only schon is used)
- Ich hab eh drüber nachgedacht, aber es wär nicht gegangen.
- I did well consider it, but it wouldn't have worked out.
HungarianEdit
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish é (“he, they”), from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognate with Irish é and Scottish Gaelic e.
PronounEdit
eh (emphatic eshyn)
- he, him
- Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney.
- A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.
- Cur meer da’n feeagh as hig eh reesht.
- Give the raven a bit and he’ll come again.
- Cur lhiat magh eh.
- Bring him out.
- it
- Skeeal eddyr troor, t’eh ersooyl.
- A story between three, it’s gone.
NauruanEdit
NorwegianEdit
PohnpeianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
eh
- The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
DeterminerEdit
eh
- his, her, hers, its, third person possessive pronoun
- Liho iang eh pwoud.
- The woman joined her husband.
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
eh
Etymology 4Edit
InterjectionEdit
eh
Etymology 5Edit
InterjectionEdit
eh
- an interjection signifying understanding
- a response used when answering a call in a feast
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
eh
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of é (“is”)
InterjectionEdit
eh
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of é (“yeah”)