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Definition: ahem

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Ahem" is a common misspelling or typo for: haem, Shem.

Date "Ahem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: ahem

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
AHEM English Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: ahem
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

Other

hum.
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Computed Synonyms: ahem

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   8.3098   ahem     hem     border, edge, fringe, rim, margin   
 2   3.1097   ahem     hum     buzz, drone, murmur, humming, whirr   
 3   3.0096   ahem     haw     hawthorn, whitethorn, enclosure, mayflower, evergreen hawthorn   
 4   2.0095   ahem     humph     pooh, pish, pshaw, huh, bah   
 5   1.1097   ahem     hmm     Um, Hun, huh, humph, bah   
 6   1.0190   ahem     admonishment     admonition, warning, reprimand, rebuke, exhortation   
 7   1.0096   ahem     Er     haw, well, haw in, alter, further   
 8   1.0095   ahem     caveat     caution, warning, admonition, notice, notification   
 9   1.0093   ahem     caution     warning, care, precaution, prudence, admonition   
 10   1.0093   ahem     harrumph     hem, cough, hawk, hum, huff   
 11   1.0093   ahem     humilis     first mortgages, Humph   
 12   1.0093   ahem     warning     admonition, caution, notice, notification, alarm   
 13   1.0091   ahem     monition     admonition, warning, caution, notice, caveat   
 14   1.0090   ahem     premonition     presentiment, foreboding, warning, hunch, caution   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ahem

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bahasa Indonesia dehem (ahem), daham (ahem). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski хм (ahem, haw, hem). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) khm (ahem, haw, hem). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian hm (ahem, hem), ehm (harrumph, ahem, hem, hum). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian хм (ahem, haw, hem). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) khm (ahem, haw, hem). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina hm (ahem, hem), ehm (harrumph, ahem, hem, hum). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 啊咳 (ahem). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech hm (ahem, hem), ehm (harrumph, ahem, hem, hum). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian hm (ahem, hem). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch hm (ahem, hum). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch hm! (ahem). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Français hum (hum, ahem, humilis, Humph). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
French hum (hum, ahem, humilis, Humph). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
German hm (ahem, hum). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 에헴 (ahem, hem, pah), 에에 (ahem, haw, haw in, Er), 음! (ahem), 으흠! (ahem), 에헴! (ahem). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 에헴 (ahem, hem, pah), 에에 (ahem, haw, haw in, Er), 음! (ahem), 으흠! (ahem), 에헴! (ahem). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew כחכוח גרון כדי לפתוח בדברים או להביע פקפוק (ahem). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
High German hm (ahem, hum). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Hindi उंह (ahem). Additional references: Hindi, India, Nepal, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch hm (ahem, hum). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian dehem (ahem), daham (ahem). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian esprimere dubbio (ahem), ehm! (ahem, hem, hum), ehm (hem, er, ahem, hum). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit כחכוח גרון כדי לפתוח בדברים או להביע פקפוק (ahem). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese えへん (ahem, aha, hmm). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Khadi Boli उंह (ahem). Additional references: Khadi Boli, India, Nepal, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Khari Boli उंह (ahem). Additional references: Khari Boli, India, Nepal, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 에헴 (ahem, hem, pah), 에에 (ahem, haw, haw in, Er), 음! (ahem), 으흠! (ahem), 에헴! (ahem). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian hm (ahem, hem). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian hm (ahem, hem). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian hm (ahem, hem). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian предостережение (caveat, admonition, warning, admonishment, ahem). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) predosterezhenie (caveat, admonition, warning, admonishment, ahem). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki предостережение (caveat, admonition, warning, admonishment, ahem). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) predosterezhenie (caveat, admonition, warning, admonishment, ahem). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) hm (ahem, hum and haw). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish ejem (ahem, hem, hum), ejém (ahem). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish hım (ahem, haw, hem, hum, humph). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian гм (ahem, hem). Additional references: Ukrainian, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) gm (ahem, hem). Additional references: Ukrainian, ahem. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ahem

Language Translations for “ahem” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagahathagem (ahem). Additional references: Athag, ahem. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agahagem (ahem). Additional references: Double Dutch, ahem. (volunteer)
Leet @[-]3{V} (ahem). Additional references: Leet, ahem. (volunteer)
Oppish opahopem (ahem). Additional references: Oppish, ahem. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ahemway (ahem). Additional references: Pig Latin, ahem. (volunteer)
Terran B hme (ahem). Additional references: Terran B, ahem. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubahubem (ahem). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, ahem. (volunteer)
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Adjacent words:

Ahbez     Aheadly     Ahia
Ahcene     Aheap     Ahidjo
Ahd     Ahearn     Ahigh
Ahdaf     Ahearne     Ahilya
Ahdoot     Aheight     Ahimsa
Ahdout     Ahem     Ahinoam
AHDS     Ahenakew     Ahipeaud
Ahe     Ahenobarbus     Ahir
Ahead     AHern     Ahistorical
Ahead Of The Game     Aherne     Ahistorically
Ahead Of Time     Ahi     Ahjumawi


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