English Explanatory Dictionary

he

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
  2. They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
  3. It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
  4. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
det
  1. Synonym of his.
noun
  1. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
  2. The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
  3. A male.
noun
  1. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
intj
  1. An expression of laughter.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
name
  1. A surname from Mandarin.
noun
  1. Initialism of high explosive.
  2. Initialism of higher education.
  3. Initialism of health education.
  4. Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency.
  5. Initialism of His Eminence.
  6. Initialism of home entertainment.
  7. Initialism of human era (“current epoch”).
  8. Abbreviation of hydroelectricity.
  9. Initialism of home economics.
  10. Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of hydroelectric.
phrase
  1. Initialism of how embarrassing.

Pronunciation

hē /ˈhiː/ [hiː] En-uk-he.ogg [hɪj] [hi(ː)] [çi(ː)] en-us-he.ogg /(h)i/ /(h)ɪ/ /heɪ/ /ˈhʌ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-He.wav

Word forms

he him himself his hee hée hes hay hei hey

Etymology

From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).

Synonyms

one you he or she he/she they s/he it his ha hehe

Antonyms

she it

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Derived words

a man is known by the company he keeps he-ass he-bitch he-cat he-goat he-man he-whore he-wolf he'd he-elephant hefemale he-huckleberry he-ing and she-ing he laughs best that laughs last heorshe hepeat he said, she said heself he-she he shoots, he scores he who hesitates is lost he who laughs last laughs hardest he who laughs last laughs best hse s/he he/she he or she she-he speak of the devil and he will appear te-he that's what he said
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