📚 noun • entry_id 52410
mute h
/mjuːt eɪtʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
h muda • hache muda
In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant.
The French word homme ("man") begins with a mute h. Consequently we can say l'homme /l‿ɔm/ and les hommes /le‿zɔm/, but never /lə ɔm/ and /le ɔm/, like we do with the aspirated h.
Whether the h be a mute h or an aspirate h, it may be regarded in either case as absolutely silent.
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