meh
English
Etymology 1
- Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts".
Pronunciation
Adjective
meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)
Translations
Interjection
meh
- (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.
- “What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”
- “That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”
- 1995 March 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”, in The Simpsons:
- Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”
Bart: “Meh”.
- 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[7]:
- Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.
Synonyms
Translations
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Noun
meh
- (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.
Etymology 2
Particle
meh
- (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Final interrogative particle.
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”)).
Verb
meh (first-person singular past tense meha)
- I soak
Related terms
Kholosi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
Noun
meh ?
References
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[8], pages 13-36
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian ماه (mah), Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬢𐬵 (maoŋh)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛh
Noun
meh f
Related terms
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German mēro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.
Adjective
meh
Adverb
meh
- any longer
- more
- anymore
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) mijȇh
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *měxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
mȇh m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑х)
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
mẹ̑h m inan
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv- | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | méh | ||
gen. sing. | méha | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | méh | mehôva | mehôvi |
accusative | méh | mehôva | mehôve |
genitive | méha | mehôv | mehôv |
dative | méhu | mehôvoma | mehôvom |
locative | méhu | mehôvih | mehôvih |
instrumental | méhom | mehôvoma | mehôvi |
South Slavey
Pronunciation
Noun
meh
- Fort Liard form of mbeh
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (“mother”). Cognate with Thai แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ), Northern Thai ᨾᩯ᩵, Lao ແມ່ (mǣ), Lü ᦶᦙᧈ (mae1), Shan မႄႈ (māae), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜧 (mee), Bouyei meeh.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /me˧/
- Tone numbers: me6
- Hyphenation: meh
Noun
meh (Sawndip forms 𭑫 or 姆 or 𫰤 or 𭒛 or 㜆, old orthography meƅ)
Classifier
meh (old orthography meƅ)
- Used for adult women who have given birth.
- Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.
Adjective
meh (old orthography meƅ)