haïr

Etymology
, from (compare 🇨🇬), from, from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at,.

Verb

 * 1)  to hate

Usage notes

 * In Standard French, the h of haïr is said to be aspiré (aspirate) and therefore shows that elisions of vowels and liaisons are not possible, i.e. “I hate you (sg.)” is je te hais, not je t’hais.
 * In Canadian French, the past historic is used as the present tense for the first, second, and third person singular subject pronouns. Also, the "h" is not aspirated, therefore making elisions possible. For example: "I hate you" is "je t'haïs." Note that this usage is vernacular and not standard. Some Canadian French speakers may even say "je t'haguis", which is also nonstandard and considered even more informal/basilectal than "je t'haïs."
 * In Louisiana, the "h" retains its pronunciation as the consonant /h/.

Verb

 * 1)  to hate