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Received-Pronunciation:
/ɑːhɑː/
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General-American:
ä-häʹ
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General-American:
[ɑˈhɑ]
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General-American:
[əˈhɑ]
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rhymes with -ɑː
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CMU ARPABET:
AA2 HH AA1
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An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.
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Initialism of American Heart Association: an American non-profit organization focusing on cardiovascular medical research, education and care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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Initialism of Agricultural Holdings Act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, usually
Topics: law, property
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Initialism of alpha-hydroxy acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Initialism of Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Topics: law, property
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From Middle English a ha, aha, natural expression. Equivalent to ah + ha!.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
آها
(āhā)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Chinese Mandarin :
嗯
(ǹg)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Chinese Mandarin :
啊
(à)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Chinese Mandarin :
啊哈
(ahā)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Czech :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Dutch :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Esperanto :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Esperanto :
ha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Finnish :
ahaa
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
French :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
French :
tiens donc
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
German :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Greek :
αχά
(achá)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Hungarian :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Interlingua :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Japanese :
ああ
(ā)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Japanese :
なるほど
(naruhodo)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Korean :
아하
(aha)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Latin :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Eastern Mari :
ыгы
(ygy)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Nepali :
ए
(e)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Norwegian :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Pennsylvania German :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Polish :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Portuguese :
ahá
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Russian :
ага́
(agá)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Russian :
а
(a)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Serbo-Croatian :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Serbo-Croatian :
аха
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Slovak :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Spanish :
ajá
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Swedish :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Swedish :
jaha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Turkish :
aha
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition
Ukrainian :
ага́
(ahá)
— exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition