# aspirated h

> in French orthography, an initial silent letter H that represents a hiatus at a word boundary and prevents contraction and liaison

**Wikidata**: [Q3006122](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3006122)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_h)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/aspirated-h