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Yes. The word meh is a Scrabble US word. The word meh is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

M3E1H4

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Yes. The word meh is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3E1H4

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3-letter words (2 found)

HEM,MEH,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,EM,HE,HM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from meh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of meh

meh

Translingual

Symbol

meh

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southwestern Tlaxiaco Mixtec.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Southwestern Tlaxiaco Mixtec terms

English

Etymology 1

Popularized by the American television show The Simpsons; first used on the show in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (1994). Possibly ultimately from Yiddish מע (me, “so-so”). First attested in 1928.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mɛ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /me/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

  1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
  2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
Translations

Interjection

meh

  1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.
Synonyms
  • pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh
Translations

Noun

meh

  1. (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 咩 (me1).

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA(key): /mɛ(ː)˦/, /mɛ(ː)˦˨/

Particle

meh (Manglish, Singlish)

  2. (interrogative) Final question particle expressing skepticism.
    Really meh? ― Really? I don’t think so.
    This one your one meh? ― Is this really yours?
See also
  • (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, one, sia, what

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

meh

  1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
    Synonym: maa

References

Further reading

  • Lim, L. (2007 November) “Mergers and acquisitions: On the ages and origins of Singapore English particles”, in World Englishes, volume 26, number 4, →ISSN, pages 446-473
  • Leimgruber, J. (2015 October) “Bah in Singapore English”, in World Englishes‎[10], volume 35, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN
  • Lim, L. (2004) Singapore English: A grammatical description‎[11], John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 121

Anagrams

  • 'hem, hem-, hem, Hem, ehm

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”)).

Verb

meh (aorist meha)

  1. to soak

Related terms

  • muf

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German mēre, from Old High German mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô, from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).

Adjective

meh

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) more

Adverb

meh

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) any longer
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) more
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) anymore

Further reading

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

Noun

meh ?

  1. rain

References

  • Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎[13], pages 13-36

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (compare Persian ماه (mâh), Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬢𐬵 (maoŋh)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛh

Noun

meh f

  1. month

Related terms

  • mang

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German mēr, from Old High German mēro. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meː/

Adjective

meh

  1. more

Adverb

meh

  1. any longer
  2. more
  3. anymore

Scots

Etymology

Dialectal representation of ma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ/

Determiner

meh

  1. (Dundee) my
    Synonyms: ma, wir
    Eh hud meh eh on a peh. ― I had my eye on a pie.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • mijȇh (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měxъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêːx/

Noun

mȇh m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑х)

  1. blower, bellows
  2. goatskin, wineskin

Declension

Related terms

  • mešina

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měxъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /méːx/

Noun

mẹ̑h m inan

  1. bellows

Declension

Further reading

  • “meh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “meh”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

South Slavey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛ̀(h)]
  • Hyphenation: meh

Noun

meh

  1. Fort Liard form of mbeh

Inflection

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11

Spanish

Interjection

meh

  1. meh

Swedish

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from men (“but, wait, seriously”, interjection).

Alternative forms

  • mäh

Interjection

meh

  1. (colloquial) Signaling disappointment or frustration about something; but, wait, seriously, come on.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English meh.

Adjective

meh

  1. meh (mediocre, lackluster)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (“mother”). Cognate with Thai แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ), Northern Thai ᨾᩯ᩵, Lao ແມ່ (mǣ), Lü ᦶᦙᧈ (mae¹), Shan မႄႈ (māae), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜧 (mē), Bouyei meeh.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /me˧/
  • Tone numbers: me6
  • Hyphenation: meh

Noun

meh (Sawndip forms 𭑫 or 姆 or 𫰤 or 𭒛 or 㜆, 1957–1982 spelling meƅ)

  1. mother
    Synonym: daxmeh
  2. woman; female

Classifier

meh (1957–1982 spelling meƅ)

  1. Used for adult women who have given birth.
  2. Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.

Adjective

meh (1957–1982 spelling meƅ)

  1. main; principal

Derived terms


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