ch
Translingual
editLetter
editch (mixed case Ch, upper case CH)
Symbol
editch
- Alternative form of cosh (“hyperbolic cosine”)
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chamorro.
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editch (countable and uncountable, plural chs)
- Abbreviation of chain, a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards
- Abbreviation of chapter, main section of a book
- 2007, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, page 143:
- Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.).
- Abbreviation of chestnut, a dark reddish-brown colored horse
- 2014, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Andris Kaneps, Raymond Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 675:
- NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN)
Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)
- Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television
- 5.1 ch surround sound
Etymology 2
editAphetic form of ich, utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an aphetic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editch
Anagrams
editBlin
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (uppercase Ch)
Central Mazahua
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Chipewyan
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Czech
editLetter
editch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)
- a digraph, the fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after h and before i
Usage notes
editIn names or at the beginning of a sentence the mixed case Ch is used (e. g. Chrudim).
Esperanto
editLetter
editch
See also
editFrench
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editAbbreviation of chaque (“each”).
Adjective
editch (invariable)
Etymology 2
editAbbreviation of cheval-vapeur (“horsepower”).
Noun
editAdded
ch m (plural ch)
- hp (horsepower)
Usage notes
editThe abbreviation ch is used for all types of (metric) horsepower except tax horsepower, which uses the initialisms cv or CV.
Hadza
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the practical Hadza alphabet.
Hungarian
editPronunciation
edit- (on its own) IPA(key): [ˈt͡seːɦaː]
- (within words) IPA(key): /xː/, /t͡ʃ/, /ç/, /çː/, /h/, /k/, /ʃ/ (depending on the word)
Letter
editch (lower case, upper case Ch)
- A digraph used in several Hungarian words, as well as in some surnames, given names, and geographical names.
Usage notes
editIt is used (among others) in the following words, along with their derivations and compounds: Achilles-ín, allochton, acháj, achát, akrosztichon, almanach, anarchia/anarchikus/anarchista/anarchizmus, archaikus/archaizál/archaizmus, archeológia/archeológus, archimandrita, architektúra, archivál/archivális/archívum, autochton, bacchanália, bacchánsnő, baldachin, barchesz, barkochba/barkochbázik, bronchitisz, cech, chanti, charleston, charta, charter, chartizmus, chata, chianti, chorijambus, chripka, couchette, disztichon, durchmars, echó, echt, eucharisztia/eucharisztikus, eunuch, exarcha, fach, franchise, gaucho, gouache, guttapercha, hierarchia/hierarchikus, hipochonder/hipochondria, ichtioszaurusz, jacht, kapitälchen, krach, lichthóf, macher, machiavellizmus, machináció/machinál, malachit, mannlicher, matriarchátus, mazochista/mazochizmus, mechanika/mechanikus/mechanisztikus/mechanizál/mechanizmus, mettlachi, moloch, monarchia/monarchikus/monarchista, oligarcha/oligarchia/oligarchikus, orchidea, patriarcha/patriarchális/patriarchátus, pech/peches, poncho, poncichter, psziché/pszichiáter/pszichiátria/pszichikai/pszichikum/pszicho-/pszichózis, richtig, rizskoch, sarlach, stich, strichel, szacharin, szinekdoché, sztrichnin, technika/technikum/technikus/technokrácia/technokrata/technológia/technológus, trachoma, trocheus, vlach, winchester.
Officially recognized given names: Achilles, Achillesz, Áchim, Archibald, Joachim, Melchior, Orchidea, Psziché, Ráchel, Richárd.[1]
Surnames (a selection from notable people[2]): Aulich, Damjanich, Forgách, Keglevich, Knézich, Kovách, Laczkovich, Madách, Maderspach, Orlay Petrich, Széchenyi, Széchényi, Zách, Zichy.
Geographical names (along with their derivations, e.g. chilei): Charlestown, Chatham-szigetek, Chile, Chișinău, Déli-Georgia és Déli-Sandwich-szigetek, Liechtenstein, Nouakchott, Seychelle-szigetek as well as two settlements in Hungary, Chernelházadamonya and Zichyújfalu, a hill in Budapest, Széchenyi-hegy (named after István Széchenyi) and a neighborhood in Budapest, Széchenyihegy (named after the hill).
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ch | ch-k |
accusative | ch-t | ch-kat |
dative | ch-nak | ch-knak |
instrumental | ch-val | ch-kkal |
causal-final | ch-ért | ch-kért |
translative | ch-vá | ch-kká |
terminative | ch-ig | ch-kig |
essive-formal | ch-ként | ch-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ch-ban | ch-kban |
superessive | ch-n | ch-kon |
adessive | ch-nál | ch-knál |
illative | ch-ba | ch-kba |
sublative | ch-ra | ch-kra |
allative | ch-hoz | ch-khoz |
elative | ch-ból | ch-kból |
delative | ch-ról | ch-król |
ablative | ch-tól | ch-któl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ch-é | ch-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ch-éi | ch-kéi |
Possessive forms of ch | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ch-m | ch-im |
2nd person sing. | ch-d | ch-id |
3rd person sing. | ch-ja | ch-i |
1st person plural | ch-nk | ch-ink |
2nd person plural | ch-tok | ch-itok |
3rd person plural | ch-juk | ch-ik |
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
References
edit- ^ A Nyelvtudományi Intézet által anyakönyvi bejegyzésre alkalmasnak minősített utónevek jegyzéke (’List of first names qualified by the Research Institute for Linguistics as appropriate for registration on a birth certificate’). Regularly updated. For searchable unformatted lists, see férfinevek for masculine names and női nevek for feminine names.
- ^ Személyekről elnevezett budapesti utcanevek évfordulók tükrében (’Street names in Budapest named after persons, as reflected in anniversaries’) by György Mészáros
Irish
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A digraph in Irish orthography
Khoekhoe
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
Latvian
editLetter
editch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)
- (obsolete) a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by h (upper case H)
Usage notes
editThis letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.
Lower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case CH, mixed case Ch)
- The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
editAlphabetized between H and I.
See also
editMam
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (uppercase Ch)
Navajo
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
Osage
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch
Slovak
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- The sixteenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž
Further reading
edit- “ch”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
editLetter
editch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)
Usage notes
edit- Since 1994, this letter has been treated as c followed by h for collation (sorting) purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.
Further reading
edit- “ch”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (lower case, upper case CH, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) (historical)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called che and written in the Latin script.
Tlingit
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
- US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․
Uzbek
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
editVietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [se˧˧ haːt̚˧˦], [t͡ɕəː˨˩], [t͡ɕəː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˧˥], [t͡ɕəː˦˩], [t͡ɕəː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [sej˧˧ haːk̚˦˥], [cəː˨˩], [cəː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
- Phonetic spelling: xê hát, chờ, chờ nhẹ
Letter
editch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)
- (dated) Traditionally the sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê hát, chờ or chờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Welsh
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (lower case, upper case Ch)
- The fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èch and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by C and followed by D.
Usage notes
editLike the other Welsh digraphs, ch is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, chwech is alphabetically sorted after cyllell.
Mutation
edit- ch cannot be mutated in Welsh.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Xhosa
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A digraph in Xhosa orthography.
Yele
editPronunciation
editLetter
editch (upper case Ch)
- A letter of the Yele alphabet.
See also
edit- Translingual lemmas
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