aitch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the name of the Latin-script letter H or h

   In some accents, speakers may drop an aitch at the beginning of a word such as house.

From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French hache and ultimately from a Vulgar Latin form such as *hacca. The modern spelling aitch records the letter name's pronunciation; haitch is a widespread variant letter name in several English-speaking regions.

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