interjection
An exclamation or filled pauseAn exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
» "Ah" is an interjection.
„Ah“ ist eine Interjektion.
"Ах" - это междометие.
Meaning
2 sensesAn exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
Interjektion, Ausrufewort, Empfindungswort
междоме́тиеmeždométije, восклица́ниеvosklicánije
ви́гукvýhuk
An interruption; something interjected
перебива́ниеperebivánije, вмеша́тельствоvmešátelʹstvo
- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
Examples
7 sentences"Ah" is an interjection.
ru"Ах" - это междометие.
de„Ah“ ist eine Interjektion.
"Ah!" is an interjection.
"Ах!" — це вигук.
ru"Ах!" - это междометие.
de"Ah!" ist ein Ausruf.
His interjection prompts wry laughs and nervousness.
"Ek" is also an interjection in Esperanto.
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections are the parts of speech in English.
ruСуществительные, местоимения, глаголы, прилагательные, наречия, артикли, предлоги, союзы и междометия - это части речи в английском языке.
deNomen, Pronomen, Verben, Adjektive, Adverbien, Artikel, Präpositionen, Konjunktionen und Interjektionen sind die Wortarten im Englischen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from LatinFrom Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
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Forms
plural: interjections| Singular | interjection |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts:interpositioninterpolationinterpellation
- an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion:ejaculation