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Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica (“Swiss Confederation”).
Symbol
CH
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Switzerland.
- Synonym: CHE (alpha-3)
English
Etymology
Abbreviation
Noun
CH (countable and uncountable, plural CHs)
- Initialism of companion of honour, a British honour and postnominal abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
- (US, army, aviation) Initialism of cargo helicopter.
- (set theory) Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
- (medicine) Initialism of cluster headache.
- Initialism of central heating.
- Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
Proper noun
CH
- (Canada) the Montreal Canadiens hockey club
- Abbreviation of Chandigarh (Indian union territory)
See also
Anagrams
Cornish
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch)
- Third letter of the Cornish alphabet
Czech
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- a digraph, the fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after H and before I
Usage notes
Upper case CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed case Ch is usually used.
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
CH m pl (plural only)
- (Canada) the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal
Descendants
Noun
CH m (plural CHs)
- Abbreviation of centre hospitalier. (lit. hospital center)
- Coordinate terms: CHU, CHSLD, CLSC, CSSS, CISSS, CIUSSS
- HC (“hockey club”); Initialism of club de hockey.
- Abbreviation of club de hockey sur glace.
Italian
Proper noun
CH ?
- Abbreviation of Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)
Latvian
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by H (lower case h).
Usage notes
This 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
Pronunciation
Letter
CH (lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- The twelfth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called cha and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
Alphabetized between H and I.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
- (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż
Spanish
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet
Usage notes
- Since 1994, this letter has been treated as C followed by H for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.
Proper noun
CH ?
- Abbreviation of Chihuahua (Mexican state)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish CH.
Pronunciation
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) (historical)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called che and written in the Latin script.
See also
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Letter
CH (upper case, lower 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.
Usage notes
Upper case CH is usually used only in texts or parts of texts fully written in upper case. If it is the first letter of a name or of a sentence, mixed case Ch is usually used.
Welsh
Letter
CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)
- èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, after C and before D
Usage notes
Lke 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.