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hah

/hɑ/

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interjection

Haha, ah ah

A representation of laughter.

Examples :

"Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny."

Ah ah ah ! C'est drôle.

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interjection

Haha, youpi

An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

Examples :

"Ha! Checkmate!"

Haha ! Échec et mat !

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interjection

Hélas, ah

An exclamation of grief.

Examples :

""My favorite toy broke! Hah, now I'm really sad." "

« Mon jouet préféré est cassé ! Hélas, maintenant je suis vraiment triste. »

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interjection

Euh, hum

A sound of hesitation: er, um.

Examples :

""I need to, hah, finish my homework before dinner." "

« Je dois, euh, finir mes devoirs avant le dîner. »

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interjection

Ha ! Attaque !

Said when making a vigorous attack.

Examples :

"The tennis player yelled, "Hah!" as she slammed the ball across the net with all her might. "

La joueuse de tennis a crié : « Ha ! Attaque ! » alors qu'elle frappait la balle de toutes ses forces à travers le filet.

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interjection

Ah ah, hé hé

(with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

Examples :

""My little brother tried to blame the broken vase on the dog," she said, "Hah! As if I'd believe that." "

« Mon petit frère a essayé de rejeter la faute du vase cassé sur le chien », dit-elle, « Ah ah ! Comme si j'allais croire ça. »

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interjection

Hein, quoi, euh

Used to express doubt or confusion.

Examples :

"Huh? Where did they go?"

Hein ? Où sont-ils allés ?

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Hein?

(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

Examples :

"Where were you last night? Huh?"

Où étiez-vous hier soir ? Hein ?

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interjection

Haha, ah bon

(with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

Examples :

"(agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!""

A : « Le meurtre est mal. » B : « Ah bon ! »

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Hein?

(with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

Examples :

"Huh? Could you speak up?"

Hein ? Pourriez-vous parler plus fort ?

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interjection

Hein?

(with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

Examples :

"You like pizza, hah? "

Tu aimes la pizza, hein ?

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noun

La cinquième lettre de nombreux alphabets sémitiques

The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Examples :

"In Hebrew class, we practiced writing the letter "hah" until our hands were tired. "

En cours d'hébreu, nous avons pratiqué l'écriture de la lettre « hah » jusqu'à ce que nos mains soient fatiguées.

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