He meaning
The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
noun
A male person or animal. Sometimes used in combination.
Is the cat a he? We saw a he-goat cross the road.
noun
Used to refer to the male person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
pronoun
High explosive.
abbreviation
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His Eminence.
abbreviation
The man, boy, or male animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as male) previously mentioned: masculine personal pronoun in the third person singular: he is the nominative form, him the objective, his the possessive, and himself the reflexive and intensive; his is the possessive pronominal adjective.
pronoun
A man, boy, or male animal.
noun
The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ה)
noun
Hebrews.
abbreviation
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Helium.
symbol
Her (or His) Excellency.
abbreviation
High explosive.
abbreviation
His Eminence.
abbreviation
Male.
He-dog.
affix
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(personal) Refers to a person whose gender is unknown.
pronoun
(personal) Refers to an animal whose gender is unknown.
pronoun
(informal) A male person.
Alex totally is a he.
noun
The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
noun
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Her (or His) Excellency.
abbreviation
The person; the one; anyone.
He who laughs last laughs best.
pronoun
The person just mentioned.
pronoun
Origin of he
- Middle English from Old English hē ko- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Hebrew hē of Phoenician origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English he, from Old English hē (“he”), from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Danish han (“he”). Related to here.
From Wiktionary
- Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician (h), Hebrew ה (h) and Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”).
From Wiktionary