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- [dah]
- /dɑ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dah]
- /dɑ/
Definitions of dah word
- noun dah the long sound used in combination with the short sound dit, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes 3
- noun dah the dash character in Morse code 3
- noun dah an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc. 1
- noun dah The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code. 1
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Origin of dah
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Dah
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dah popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dah usage trend in Literature
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