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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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hē
/ˈhiː/
Canada, Received-Pronunciation:[hiː]
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
pron
Meaning 24
They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
29
noun
Meaning 29
a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: helium, atomic number 2
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
History
Etymology
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
From several Chinese surnames, especially 何 (Hé) and 賀/贺 (Hè).
From Mandarin 和.
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
From he (“pronoun”).
Across languages
Translations
387 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
he
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Finnish:
he
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
French:
hè
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
French:
hê
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
French:
he
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Hebrew:
הֵא
(hé)
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Hebrew:
ה
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Malay:
ha
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Yiddish:
הא
(hey)
— fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets
Abkhaz:
иара
(jara)
— personal pronoun "he"
Afar:
usuk
— personal pronoun "he"
Afrikaans:
hy
— personal pronoun "he"
Akan:
ɔno
— personal pronoun "he"
Albanian:
ai
— personal pronoun "he"
Southern Altai:
ол
(ol)
— personal pronoun "he"
Alviri-Vidari:
او
(u)
— personal pronoun "he"
Amharic:
እሱ
(ʾəsu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Arabic:
هُوَ
(huwa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Arabic:
هُوَّ
(hówwa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Arabic:
هُوَّ
(huwwa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Arabic:
هُوِّ
(huwwe)
— personal pronoun "he"
Arabic:
هُوَّ
(huwwa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tunisian Arabic:
هُوَّ
(huwwa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Aragonese:
él
— personal pronoun "he"
Aramaic:
הו
(hū)
— personal pronoun "he"
Aramaic:
ܗܘ
(hū)
— personal pronoun "he"
Western Neo-Aramaic:
ܗܘܗ
(hūh)
— personal pronoun "he"
Armenian:
նա
(na)
— personal pronoun "he"
Aromanian:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Aromanian:
elu
— personal pronoun "he"
Aromanian:
nãs
— personal pronoun "he"
Aromanian:
nãsu
— personal pronoun "he"
Assamese:
সি
(xi)
— personal pronoun "he"
Assamese:
তেওঁ
(teü̃)
— personal pronoun "he"
Asturian:
él
— personal pronoun "he"
Asturian:
elli
— personal pronoun "he"
Aymara:
jupa
— personal pronoun "he"
Azerbaijani:
o
— personal pronoun "he"
Bambara:
a
— personal pronoun "he"
Bangi:
yeye
— personal pronoun "he"
Bashkir:
ул
(ul)
— personal pronoun "he"
Basque:
bera
— personal pronoun "he"
Basque:
hura
— personal pronoun "he"
Bassa:
ɔ
— personal pronoun "he"
Belarusian:
ён
(jon)
— personal pronoun "he"
Bengali:
সে
(śe)
— personal pronoun "he"
Bengali:
আপনি
(apni)
— personal pronoun "he"
Bhojpuri:
इ
(i)
— personal pronoun "he"
Bhojpuri:
ऊ
(ū)
— personal pronoun "he"
Central Bikol:
siya
— personal pronoun "he"
Bislama:
hem
— personal pronoun "he"
Bouyei:
deel
— personal pronoun "he"
Breton:
eñ
— personal pronoun "he"
Bulgarian:
той
(toj)
— personal pronoun "he"
Burmese:
သူ
(su)
— personal pronoun "he"
Buryat:
тэрэ
(tere)
— personal pronoun "he"
Carpathian Rusyn:
он
(on)
— personal pronoun "he"
Catalan:
ell
— personal pronoun "he"
Cebuano:
siya
— personal pronoun "he"
Chechen:
и
(i)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chechen:
иза
(iza)
— personal pronoun "he"
Cherokee:
ᏀᎢ
(nahi)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chichewa:
iye
— personal pronoun "he"
Tedim Chin:
amah
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese Cantonese:
佢
(keoi5)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese Cantonese:
他
(ta1)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese:
та
(ta)
— personal pronoun "he"
Eastern Min Chinese:
伊
(ĭ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Eastern Min Chinese:
他
(tă)
— personal pronoun "he"
Gan Chinese:
渠
(qie2)
— personal pronoun "he"
Hakka Chinese:
佢
(kì, yì)
— personal pronoun "he"
Hakka Chinese:
他
(thâ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese:
伊
(zh-min-nan)
— personal pronoun "he"
Jin Chinese:
他
(ta1)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese Mandarin:
他
(tā)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese Mandarin:
伊
(yī)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chinese Mandarin:
怹
(tān)
— personal pronoun "he"
Northern Min Chinese:
佢
(gṳ̀)
— personal pronoun "he"
Teochew:
伊
(i1)
— personal pronoun "he"
Wu Chinese:
伊
(1i)
— personal pronoun "he"
Xiang Chinese:
他
(ta1)
— personal pronoun "he"
Chuvash:
вӑл
(văl)
— personal pronoun "he"
Maore Comorian:
waye
— personal pronoun "he"
Cornish:
ev
— personal pronoun "he"
Corsican:
ellu
— personal pronoun "he"
Corsican:
eddu
— personal pronoun "he"
Cree:
wiya
— personal pronoun "he"
Czech:
on
— personal pronoun "he"
Dalmatian:
jal
— personal pronoun "he"
Danish:
han
— personal pronoun "he"
Dutch:
hij
— personal pronoun "he"
Dutch:
ie
— personal pronoun "he"
Dzongkha:
ཁོ
(kho)
— personal pronoun "he"
Emilian:
ló
— personal pronoun "he"
Erzya:
сон
(son)
— personal pronoun "he"
Esperanto:
li
— personal pronoun "he"
Estonian:
tema
— personal pronoun "he"
Estonian:
ta
— personal pronoun "he"
Estonian:
too
— personal pronoun "he"
Even:
ноӈан
(noŋan)
— personal pronoun "he"
Evenki:
нуңан
— personal pronoun "he"
Ewe:
eya
— personal pronoun "he"
Faroese:
hann
— personal pronoun "he"
Fijian:
koya
— personal pronoun "he"
Finnish:
hän
— personal pronoun "he"
Finnish:
se
— personal pronoun "he"
French:
il
— personal pronoun "he"
Old French:
il
— personal pronoun "he"
West-Frisian:
hy
— personal pronoun "he"
West-Frisian:
er
— personal pronoun "he"
Friulian:
lui
— personal pronoun "he"
Galician:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Georgian:
ის
(is)
— personal pronoun "he"
German:
er
— personal pronoun "he"
East Central German:
ar
— personal pronoun "he"
Greek:
αυτός
(aftós)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ancient Greek:
ὅδε
(hóde)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ancient Greek:
ἐκεῖνος
(ekeînos)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ancient Greek:
ὁ
(ho)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ancient Greek:
ὅς
(hós)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ancient Greek:
αὐτός
(autós)
— personal pronoun "he"
Greenlandic:
una
— personal pronoun "he"
Mbya Guarani:
ha'e
— personal pronoun "he"
Gujarati:
તે
(te)
— personal pronoun "he"
Gun:
é
— personal pronoun "he"
Haitian Creole:
li
— personal pronoun "he"
Hausa:
shíi
— personal pronoun "he"
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai:
nyihá
— personal pronoun "he"
Hawaiian:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Hebrew:
הוּא
(hu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Hindi:
वह
(vah)
— personal pronoun "he"
Hindi:
यह
(yah)
— personal pronoun "he"
Hiri Motu:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
White Hmong:
nws
— personal pronoun "he"
Hopi:
pam
— personal pronoun "he"
Hungarian:
ő
— personal pronoun "he"
Icelandic:
hann
— personal pronoun "he"
Ido:
il
— personal pronoun "he"
Ido:
ilu
— personal pronoun "he"
Indonesian:
dia
— personal pronoun "he"
Indonesian:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Ingrian:
hää
— personal pronoun "he"
Interlingua:
ille
— personal pronoun "he"
Inuktitut:
ᐅᓇ
(ona)
— personal pronoun "he"
Irish:
sé
— personal pronoun "he"
Irish:
é
— personal pronoun "he"
Old Irish:
é
— personal pronoun "he"
Istriot:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Italian:
lui
— personal pronoun "he"
Italian:
egli
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
彼
(kare)
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
あの人
(ano hito)
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
あの方
(ano kata)
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
その奴
(sono yatsu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
奴
(yatsu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Japanese:
そいつ
(soitsu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Javanese:
dhèwèké
— personal pronoun "he"
Javanese:
piyambakipun
— personal pronoun "he"
Jeju:
야이
(yai)
— personal pronoun "he"
Jeju:
가이
— personal pronoun "he"
Jeju:
자이
(jai)
— personal pronoun "he"
Judeo-Italian:
אֵיסוֹ
— personal pronoun "he"
Kabuverdianu:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Kaitag:
гье
(he)
— personal pronoun "he"
Kannada:
ಇವನು
(ivanu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Kannada:
ಇವ
(iva)
— personal pronoun "he"
Kannada:
ಅವನು
(avanu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Kannada:
ಅವ
(ava)
— personal pronoun "he"
Karakhanid:
اُلْ
(ol)
— personal pronoun "he"
Karelian:
häi
— personal pronoun "he"
Karelian:
heän
— personal pronoun "he"
Karelian:
hiän
— personal pronoun "he"
Kashubian:
òn
— personal pronoun "he"
Kazakh:
ол
(ol)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khakas:
ол
(ol)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
គាត់
(kŏət)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
គេ
(kei)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
លោក
(look)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
ទ្រង់
(trŭəng)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
ព្រះអង្គ
(prĕəh ʼɑng)
— personal pronoun "he"
Khmer:
វា
(viə)
— personal pronoun "he"
Korean:
그
(geu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Korean:
그이
(geu'i)
— personal pronoun "he"
Korean:
이 사람
(i saram)
— personal pronoun "he"
Korean:
이분
(ibun)
— personal pronoun "he"
Korean:
걔
(gyae)
— personal pronoun "he"
Northern Kurdish:
ew
— personal pronoun "he"
Kyrgyz:
ал
(al)
— personal pronoun "he"
Lao:
ເຂົາ
(khao)
— personal pronoun "he"
Latgalian:
jis
— personal pronoun "he"
Latgalian:
šys
— personal pronoun "he"
Latin:
is
— personal pronoun "he"
Latin:
ille
— personal pronoun "he"
Latin:
hic
— personal pronoun "he"
Latvian:
viņš
— personal pronoun "he"
Limburgish:
hae
— personal pronoun "he"
Limburgish:
er
— personal pronoun "he"
Lingala:
yě
— personal pronoun "he"
Lingala:
yeye
— personal pronoun "he"
Linngithigh:
lu
— personal pronoun "he"
Lithuanian:
jis
— personal pronoun "he"
Lombard:
lu
— personal pronoun "he"
Louisiana Creole:
li
— personal pronoun "he"
Luxembourgish:
hien
— personal pronoun "he"
Macedonian:
тој
(toj)
— personal pronoun "he"
Malay:
dia
— personal pronoun "he"
Malay:
baginda
— personal pronoun "he"
Malay:
beliau
— personal pronoun "he"
Malayalam:
അവന്
(avaṉ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Malayalam:
അദ്ദേഹം
(addēhaṁ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Maltese:
hu
— personal pronoun "he"
Manx:
eh (nonemphatic)
— personal pronoun "he"
Manx:
eshyn
— personal pronoun "he"
Māori:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Maranao:
iyan
— personal pronoun "he"
Marathi:
तो
(to)
— personal pronoun "he"
Mazanderani:
وه
(ve)
— personal pronoun "he"
Central Sierra Miwok:
hís·ak
— personal pronoun "he"
Mòcheno:
er
— personal pronoun "he"
Moksha:
сон
(son)
— personal pronoun "he"
Mon:
ညး
(ɲɛ̀h)
— personal pronoun "he"
Mon:
ဍေံ
(ɗɛ̀h)
— personal pronoun "he"
Mongolian:
тэр
(ter)
— personal pronoun "he"
Mori Bawah:
ta
— personal pronoun "he"
Motu:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Nanai:
нёани
(njoani)
— personal pronoun "he"
Neapolitan:
isse
— personal pronoun "he"
Nheengatu:
aé
— personal pronoun "he"
Nias:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Norwegian Bokmål:
han
— personal pronoun "he"
Norwegian Nynorsk:
han
— personal pronoun "he"
Nuer:
jɛn
— personal pronoun "he"
Occitan:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Odia:
ସେ
(se)
— personal pronoun "he"
Ojibwe:
wiin
— personal pronoun "he"
Church Slavic:
онъ
(onŭ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Old East Slavic:
онъ
(onŭ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Old English:
hē
— personal pronoun "he"
Ossetian:
уый
(wyj)
— personal pronoun "he"
Pali:
so
— personal pronoun "he"
Pannonian Rusyn:
вон
(von)
— personal pronoun "he"
Pashto:
هغه
(hağë)
— personal pronoun "he"
Pashto:
دی
(day)
— personal pronoun "he"
Pela:
jɔ̃31
— personal pronoun "he"
Dari:
او
(ō)
— personal pronoun "he"
Dari:
وَی
(way)
— personal pronoun "he"
Iranian Persian:
او
(u)
— personal pronoun "he"
Iranian Persian:
وِی
(vey)
— personal pronoun "he"
Iranian Persian:
اوی
(uy)
— personal pronoun "he"
Piedmontese:
chiel
— personal pronoun "he"
Pijin:
hem
— personal pronoun "he"
Pipil:
yaja
— personal pronoun "he"
Pipil:
yaha
— personal pronoun "he"
Pirahã:
hi
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
ngaa
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
ngaanya
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
pala
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
palanya
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
nyara
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
nyaranya
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
palunya
— personal pronoun "he"
Pitjantjatjara:
palunyanya
— personal pronoun "he"
Polish:
on
— personal pronoun "he"
Portuguese:
ele
— personal pronoun "he"
Punjabi:
ਉਹ
(uha)
— personal pronoun "he"
Quechua:
pay
— personal pronoun "he"
Rapa Nui:
ia
— personal pronoun "he"
Romani:
ov
— personal pronoun "he"
Kalo Finnish Romani:
jou
— personal pronoun "he"
Vlax-Romani:
vov
— personal pronoun "he"
Romanian:
dumnealui
— personal pronoun "he"
Romanian:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Romansh:
el
— personal pronoun "he"
Russian:
он
(on)
— personal pronoun "he"
Inari-Sami:
sun
— personal pronoun "he"
Lule-Sami:
sån
— personal pronoun "he"
Northern Sami:
son
— personal pronoun "he"
Skolt-Sami:
son
— personal pronoun "he"
Southern Sami:
dïhte
— personal pronoun "he"
Sanskrit:
स
— personal pronoun "he"
Sardinian:
issu
— personal pronoun "he"
Scottish Gaelic:
e (nonemphatic)
— personal pronoun "he"
Scottish Gaelic:
esan
— personal pronoun "he"
Serbo-Croatian:
о̑н
— personal pronoun "he"
Serbo-Croatian:
ȏn
— personal pronoun "he"
Sicilian:
iddu
— personal pronoun "he"
Sidamo:
isi
— personal pronoun "he"
Sikkimese:
ཁོ
(kho)
— personal pronoun "he"
Sindhi:
ھوُ
(hvu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Sinhalese:
එයා
(eyā)
— personal pronoun "he"
Sinhalese:
ඔහු
(ohu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Slovak:
on
— personal pronoun "he"
Slovene:
òn
— personal pronoun "he"
Somali:
isaga
— personal pronoun "he"
Lower Sorbian:
wón
— personal pronoun "he"
Upper Sorbian:
wón
— personal pronoun "he"
Spanish:
él
— personal pronoun "he"
Sranan Tongo:
a
— personal pronoun "he"
Swahili:
yeye
— personal pronoun "he"
Swedish:
han
— personal pronoun "he"
Sylheti:
ꠢꠦ
(he)
— personal pronoun "he"
Sylheti:
ꠔꠣꠁꠘ
(tain)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tagalog:
siya
— personal pronoun "he"
Tajik:
ӯ
(ü)
— personal pronoun "he"
Talysh:
اه
(a)
— personal pronoun "he"
Talysh:
ا
(a)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tamil:
அவன் class distal
(avaṉ)
— personal pronoun "he"
Taos:
ą́wąną
— personal pronoun "he"
Tarifit:
netta
— personal pronoun "he"
Tatar:
ул
(ul)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tausug:
sia
— personal pronoun "he"
Telugu:
అతడు
(ataḍu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Telugu:
అతను
(atanu)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tetum:
nia
— personal pronoun "he"
Thai:
เขา
(kǎo)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོ
(kho)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོ་རང
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོང
(khong)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོ་པ
(kho pa)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོ་བ
(kho ba)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོ་ཉིད
(kho nyid)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཉིད
(nyid)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོང་ཉིད
(khong nyid)
— personal pronoun "he"
Tibetan:
ཁོང་རྣམ་པ
(khong rnam pa)
— personal pronoun "he"