Meaning

11 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, informal)Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

    These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?

    gell, oder, ne

    правдаpravda, не так лиne tak li, аa

    гаha, еге жehe ž, чи не такčy ne tak

  2. In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said.

    —I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what?

  3. In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion.

    —You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking!

  4. (Canada)An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker.

    I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.

    ne, nicht

    м, эмem, аa

    гаha

  5. Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.

    —Do you feel like going out tonight? —Eh, I don't know.

  6. (Philippines)Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh.

    —Why is it like this? —Eh, It's like that eh.

  7. (Singapore, Singlish, impolite, usually)Hey, oi; said to get someone's attention.

  8. (Singapore)An interjection expressing disapproval.

    Eh, please don’t say that...

  9. (Singapore)Huh?; expresses confusion.

  10. (Multicultural London English, Singapore)An attention grabber

    Eh, come here!

    Eh, what do you have?

  11. (Internet, Singapore, informal)A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval.

Examples

61 sentences
  1. Bit of a surprise, eh?

    Несподіванка, еге ж?

    ruНемного неожиданно, да?

    deKleine Überraschung, was?

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  2. Seems we've got a rebel in our midst, eh?

    Здається, серед нас є бунтар, еге ж?

    ruКажется, среди нас есть бунтовщик, а?

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  3. Tom drives a black car, eh?

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  4. Too good to be true, eh?

    ruСлишком хорошо, чтобы быть правдой, да?

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  5. Talking bad about mother again, eh?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
used as a tag question:
Русский
By meaning 2
used as a tag question:
used to mean “What?”:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
used as a tag question:
(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention:

Origin

Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye

Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).

From Hokkien 欸 (--eh) and Mandarin 欸 (ê̄ / ế / ê̌, interjection).

Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

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