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BH

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

Translingual

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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. Boko Haram
  2. Abbreviation of Bihar, a state in 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.
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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)

Derived terms

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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)
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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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Declension of BH [masculine, strong]
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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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)

Synonyms

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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. a bra (abbreviation of brysthaldar and bystehaldar)

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Romanian

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Proper noun

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BH

  1. Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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BH c

  1. bra; abbreviation of brösthållare, abbreviation of bysthållare.

See also

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Anagrams

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