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heth

heth
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes]
    • /hɛt, hɛs; Sephardic Hebrew xɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew xɛs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes]
    • /hɛt, hɛs; Sephardic Hebrew xɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew xɛs/

Definitions of heth word

  • noun heth the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 1
  • noun heth the sound represented by this letter. 1
  • noun heth The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). 1
  • noun heth the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ח), transliterated as h and pronounced as a pharyngeal fricative 0
  • abbreviation HETH het 0

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Origin of heth

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure

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Parts of speech for Heth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

heth popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

heth usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with heth

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