uh

== English == === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʌː/, /ə/ Rhymes: -ʌ ==== Interjection ==== uh Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty. Space filler or pause during conversation. ===== Usage notes ===== May be extended by repeating the letter u or h to express increasingly severe confusion: ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== er erm um uh-oh oh ==== Noun ==== uh (plural uhs) An occurrence of the interjection "uh". === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʌ/ ==== Noun ==== uh (music, informal) Alternative form of a (“The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”). === Anagrams === HU, Hu, hu == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Interjection === uh er, uh Synonyms: eh, ehm, um == Epigraphic Mayan == === Noun === uh (astronomy) moon == Juǀ'hoan == === Pronunciation === The murmured vowel IPA(key): /ṳ/ === Letter === uh (upper case Uh) A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script. == Romanian == === Interjection === uh obsolete form of uf === References === uh in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u/, /uː/ Homophone: u === Interjection === uh used to express disappointment or disdain === Further reading === “uh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Sumerian == === Romanization === uh romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ) == Yucatec Maya == === Noun === uh obsolete spelling of uj