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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: eh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 呃 (è, e) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Danish: øh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Danish: øm — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Danish: øhm — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Finnish: ööh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• French: euh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• German: äh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Italian: uh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Italian: boh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Japanese: あのう (anō) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Japanese: ええと (ēto) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Japanese: え (e) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Japanese: うーん (ūn) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Korean: 저어 (jeo'eo) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Malay: err — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Norwegian: eh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Norwegian: øh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Portuguese: hã — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Romanian: ă — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Russian: гм (gm) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Russian: гм (hm) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Russian: хм (xm) — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Spanish: eh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Swedish: eh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Swedish: öh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Swedish: va — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Tagalog: ah — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Tagalog: eh — expression of confusion or uncertainty
• Bulgarian: ъъ (ǎ) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 呃 (è, e) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 啊 (ā) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 那個 /那个 (nàge, nèige) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 這個 /这个 (zhège, zhèige) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Danish: øh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Danish: øm — space filler or pause during conversation
• Dutch: euhm — space filler or pause during conversation
• Dutch: euh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Finnish: ööh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Finnish: tuota — space filler or pause during conversation
• French: euh — space filler or pause during conversation
• German: äh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Greek: ε (e) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Hungarian: ő — space filler or pause during conversation
• Italian: uh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Japanese: あのう (anō) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Japanese: ええと (ēto) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Japanese: えー (ē) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Japanese: うーん (ūn) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Korean: 어 (eo) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Korean: 저어 (jeo'eo) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Malay: err — space filler or pause during conversation
• Navajo: éiyá — space filler or pause during conversation
• Norwegian: eh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Norwegian: øh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Portuguese: hã — space filler or pause during conversation
• Portuguese: é — space filler or pause during conversation
• Russian: э-э-э (e-e-e) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Russian: э-э (e-e) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Russian: ну (nu) — space filler or pause during conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: ovaj — space filler or pause during conversation
• Spanish: eh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Spanish: este — space filler or pause during conversation
• Swedish: eh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Swedish: öh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Tagalog: ah — space filler or pause during conversation
• Tagalog: eh — space filler or pause during conversation
• Vietnamese: ờ — space filler or pause during conversation