mute h
noun/mjuːt eɪtʃ/
Etymology
Calque of French h muet.
- derived from h muet
Definitions
In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison…
In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant.
- The French word homme ("man") begins with a mute h. Consequently we can say l'homme /l‿ɔm/ and les hommes /le‿zɔm/, but never /lə ɔm/ and /le ɔm/, like we do with the aspirated h.
- Whether the h be a mute h or an aspirate h, it may be regarded in either case as absolutely silent.
- In French initial h’s are called either mute h’s (the greatest number) or aspirate h’s (fewer in number, but frequent nonetheless).
Non-aspiration of a glottal consonant.
The neighborhood
- antonymaspirated h
- antonymGermanic h
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mute h. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA