haitchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A nineteenth-century Hiberno-English phonological overlay of the early medieval Irish Gaelic héis and 中期英語 aitch.

Héis is a graphemic mapping of Classical Latin ha, borrowed into Irish Gaelic to represent the autochthonous phoneme.

中期英語 aitch derives from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, from Classical Latin ha. See the Wikipedia article about the letter.

発音

• enPR: hāitch, IPA: /ˈheɪt͡ʃ/
• enPR: hātch, (dialectal) IPA: /ˈheːt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -eɪtʃ

名詞

haitch (plural haitches)

1. (chiefly Ireland, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of aitch.

使用する際の注意点

Is sometimes considered to be h-adding and deemed nonstandard in England, but occurs in Irish English and Australian English as part of the standard language. It is also seen in scattered varieties of Edinburgh, England, and Welsh English, especially among the younger people.

Antecedents

• → Irish: héis