English
ah
see also: Ah, AH
Pronunciation Interjection
  1. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
    Ah, I understand now.
    Ah! It's good to be back home!
    Ah, the flowers of spring.
  2. A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
    • 2008, Britney Spears, Womanizer (song)
      Boy don't try to front, uh, I
      Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah.
Translations
  • French: ah
  • Portuguese: ah
  • Russian: а
Noun

ah (plural ahs)

  1. An instance of the interjection ah#Interjection|ah.
    the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
Verb

ah (ahs, present participle ahing; past and past participle ahed)

  1. To give a cry of "ah".
    • 2005, T. R. Rhoads, Sinner, Sailor: A Memoir (page 221)
      Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.
Pronoun
Particle (Singapore, Singlish)
  1. (colloquial, informal) ngd Sentence-final particle expressing surprise or doubt.
Ah
Noun

ah (plural ahs)

  1. Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge).
Noun

ah

  1. (China) Used in front of a shortened form of peoples' given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to Mister.
    Ah Ming moved out of Chinatown last year.
AH
Prefix
  1. (US, military, aviation) prefix for attack helicopter, helicopter gunship designations
Adverb

ah

  1. (calendar terms) Abbreviation of Anno Hegirae#English|Anno Hegirae: in the year of the Hegira, used for dates using the Islamic calendar.
Synonyms Adjective

ah

  1. (fandom slang) All human: applied to fan fiction stories in which supernatural characters are reimagined as normal human beings.


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