BH - Wiktionary

See also: bh, Bh, bḥ, .bh, bh', B"H, and B&H

Translingual

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Symbol

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BH

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bahrain. Synonym: BHR (alpha-3)

English

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Proper noun

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BH

1. Initialism of Boko Haram.
2. Abbreviation of Bihar: a state of India.

Noun

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BH (plural BHs)

1. Initialism of heavy battleship.
2. Initialism of bank holiday.
3. (knitting) Initialism of buttonhole.
   • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 86:Work 7 BH's on left side for man's sweater, on right side for woman's sweater.
4. (astronomy) Initialism of black hole.

Related terms

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• (astronomy): SMBH, StMBH, NBH

Interjection

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BH

1. (Judaism) Initialism of baruch Hashem

Anagrams

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• HB

Danish

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Alternative forms

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• bh

Noun

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BH c (definite singular BH'en, indefinite plural BH'er, definite plural BH'erne)

1. abbreviation of brystholder: bra

Derived terms

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• bøjle-BH

German

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Etymology

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Initialism of Büstenhalter or Busenhalter.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /beˈhaː/
• IPA(key): /ˈbeːha/ (southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and sporadically elsewhere)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

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BH m (strong, genitive BHs or BH, plural BHs or BH)

1. bra (women’s undergarment)

Usage notes

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• BH is the normal word for “bra” in German, whereas the full forms Büstenhalter (Germany) and Busenhalter (Austria and Switzerland) is now formal and quite unusual in common speech.

Declension

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singular			plural
indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	BH	die	BHs, BH
genitive	eines	des	BHs, BH	der	BHs, BH
dative	einem	dem	BH	den	BHs, BH
accusative	einen	den	BH	die	BHs, BH

Further reading

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• “BH” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “BH (Bezirkshauptmannschaft)” in Duden online
• “BH (Büstenhalter)” in Duden online
• “BH”, in Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache‎[1], 2020

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈbe.ha/

Noun

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BH (plural BH-BH)

1. alternative spelling of beha
2. (civil engineering) initialism of bangunan hikmat
3. (government) initialism of badan hukum

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:brystholderWikipedia no

Alternative forms

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• bh

Noun

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BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-er, definite plural BH-ene)

1. abbreviation of brystholder or bysteholder: bra

Synonyms

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• behå

Anagrams

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• HB, bh

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-ar, definite plural BH-ane)

1. abbreviation of brysthaldar or bystehaldar: bra

Synonyms

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• behå

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbe.aˈɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌbe.ɐˈɡa/ [ˌbe.ɐˈɣa]

Proper noun

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BH f

1. initialism of Belo Horizonte: a municipality, the state capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Derived terms

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• Beagá

Romanian

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Proper noun

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BH

1. abbreviation of Bihor: a county of Romania

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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• bh

Noun

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BH c

1. abbreviation of brösthållare or bysthållare: bra

See also

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• behå

Anagrams

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• HB