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he

Pronunciation: /ˈhiː/

The English word “he” has 11 meanings listed here.

pronoun

  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.

determiner

  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.
  4. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  5. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

interjection

  1. An expression of laughter.

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…

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