Meaning of he | Babel Free
ˈhiːDefinitions
- A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
- masculine singular definite article; the
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
- They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
- The symbol for helium.
- feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/:
- It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
- A male person or animal. Sometimes used in combination: Is the cat a he? We saw a he-goat cross the road.
- A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
- The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
- helium.
- (used as the subject of a verb).
- a male person or animal. Is a cow a he or a she? mannetjie مُذَكَّر той macho samec der Mann, das Männchen han αρσενικόςmacho meessoost حیوان یا انسان نر mies, uros mâleזכר नर muško, mužjak hím (állat) jantan hann lui, maschio 雄 남자, 수컷 jis vīriešu dzimuma persona vai dzīvnieks lelaki; jantan hijhannon حیوان او انسان نر macho mascul человек, животное мужского пола samec samec on han ผู้ชาย; สัตว์เพศผู้ erkek 男人,雄性動物 особа чоловічої статі; самець کوئی مذکر شخص یا جانور người hoặc động vật giống...
- male. a he-goat. mannetjie ذَكَر мъжки macho samec -männchen han- αρσενικόςmacho isas- مذکر؛ نر uros- mâleזכר नर muški pripadnik životinjske vrste (jarac) hím, bak- jantan karlkyns-, karl- maschio 雄の- 수컷의 patinas āzis jantan hij- hann-, hankjønnssamiec دى ، ددريم سړي ضمير machoсамец samec samec muški han- เขา (ผู้ชาย) erkek... 雄性 у складних словах означає самця مذکر giống đực 雄性
- a very strong, powerful man. kragman شخص قَوي мъжкар homem macho správný chlap der Mann rigtigt mandfolk; he-man άντρακλας machote mehine mees مرد نیرومند miehinen mies homme dominateur גֶבֶר שְׁבַּגבָרִים पुरूष pravi muškarac, muškarcina férfias férfi pria perkasa karlmenni, kraftalegur maður uomo forte/virile 男らしい男 건장하고 남성적인 남자 tikras vyras stiprinieks lelaki gagah perkasa he-man, kerelbarsking, muskelmann prawdziwy mężczyzna زوروره نرینه homem macho bărbat puternic настоящий мужчина správn...
- Her (or His) Excellency
- high explosive
Equivalents
Examples
“That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.”
“[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight⟳ a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt⟳ to their equall ioy and contentment.”
“"It was he we saw⟳ the tracks of down by Rausand hill."”
“July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have⟳ any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.”
“The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?”
“First, to avoid⟳ the cumbrous ‘he or she’ and ‘his or hers’, and the ungrammatical ‘they’ when used in the singular, I have⟳ mostly stuck to saying ‘he’ or ‘his’. I hope⟳ that this will be understood in an unchauvinistic, gender-neutral way.”
“JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast⟳ Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]”
“He [= the ship Bismarck] was made to rule⟳ the waves across the seven seas […]”
“I love⟳ the Lord for He is Great and Holy.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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