ah
French, interjection/a/
ah is spelled A-H (2 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written French, the 398th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ah is a French interjection meaning “ah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sert à marquer, suivant les cas, la joie, la douleur, l’admiration, l’amour, la surprise, etc”.
What does ah mean in English?
interjection
- 1
ah
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Cri d’horreur ou d’effroi, en particulier lors d’une chute.
interjection: 1. Sert à marquer, suivant les cas, la joie, la douleur, l’admiration, l’amour, la surprise, etc. 2. Ne sert quelquefois qu’à rendre la phrase plus expressive, plus animée. 3. Se redouble parfois pour exprimer plus fortement la surprise, l’ironie ou le rire.
noun: 1. Anémie hémolytique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ah?
- /a/
- \aː\
- \a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ah in French?
ah appears 204 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).