BH
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BH
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Proper noun edit
BH
- Boko Haram
- Abbreviation of Bihar, a state in India.
Noun edit
BH (plural BHs)
- Initialism of heavy battleship.
- Initialism of bank holiday.
- (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.
- (astronomy) Initialism of black hole.
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Noun edit
BH c (definite singular BH'en, indefinite plural BH'er, definite plural BH'erne)
- a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)
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German edit
Etymology edit
Initialism of Büstenhalter or Busenhalter.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /beˈhaː/
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːha/ (southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and sporadically elsewhere)
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Noun edit
BH m (strong, genitive BHs or BH, plural BHs or BH)
- bra (women’s undergarment)
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Declension of BH [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “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
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Noun edit
BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-er, definite plural BH-ene)
- a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)
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Noun edit
BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-ar, definite plural BH-ane)
- a bra (abbreviation of brysthaldar and bystehaldar)
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Romanian edit
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BH
- Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.
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BH c
- bra; abbreviation of brösthållare, abbreviation of bysthållare.