Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

  2. (countable, uncountable)The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A male.

    Is your cat a he or a she?

  4. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

    the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

  5. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

Examples

224228 sentences
  1. You must pay attention to him.

    Ти повинен звертати на нього увагу.

    ruТы должен обращать на него внимание.

    deDu musst ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenken.

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  2. You should tell him the truth.

    Ти повинен розповісти йому правду.

    ruТы должен был сказать ему правду.

    deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen.

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  3. Do you know who he is?

    Ти знаєш, хто він такий?

    ruЗнаете ли вы, кто он такой?

    deWeißt du, wer er ist?

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  4. Have you ever seen him swimming?

    Ти колись бачила, як він плаває?

    ruТы когда-нибудь видела, как он плавает?

    deHast du ihn schon schwimmen sehen?

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  5. We appointed him as our representative.

    Ми призначили його нашим представником.

    ruМы назначили его нашим представителем.

    deWir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Ger

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”).

Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).

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Forms

plural: hes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas):heliumatomic number 2

See also

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