BH

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

Translingual

Symbol

BH

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

English

Proper noun

BH

  1. Boko Haram

Noun

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

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)

Derived terms


German

Etymology

Initialism of Büstenhalter.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. bra (women’s undergarment)

Usage notes

  • BH is the normal word for “bra” in German, whereas the full form Büstenhalter is now formal and quite unusual in common speech.

Declension

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brysthaldar and bystehaldar)

Synonyms


Romanian

Proper noun

BH

  1. Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

BH c

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

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