silent h

silent h (plural silent h's)

1. (orthography) A letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced.
   • 2019, Carson Stewart, History of the English Language‎, page 178:

     Examples include the silent h in ghost (to match Dutch gheest, which later became geest), aghast, ghastly and gherkin.

2. (linguistics, phonetics, literally) non-aspiration of a glottal consonant (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

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