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huh

/hʌ/ /hə/
Illustration visuelle de huh: Hein?, Ah bon!
interjection

Hein?, 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.

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

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

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