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Meaning of uh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
/ʌː/

Definitions

An occurrence of the interjection "uh".

Equivalents

Deutsch ah
Ελληνικά ε
Español eh este
Suomi ööh tuota
Français euh
Italiano boh uh
日本語 あのう うーん
한국어 저어
Nederlands euh euhm
Português é
Русский гм ну Хм
Svenska öh VA
Tiếng Việt o

Examples

“Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.

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