BH
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Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
BH
English[edit]
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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Danish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
BH c (definite singular BH'en, indefinite plural BH'er, definite plural BH'erne)
- a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)
Derived terms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Initialism of Büstenhalter or Busenhalter.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /beˈhaː/
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːha/ (southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and sporadically elsewhere)
Audio (file)
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]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-er, definite plural BH-ene)
- a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-ar, definite plural BH-ane)
- a bra (abbreviation of brysthaldar and bystehaldar)
Synonyms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
BH
- Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
BH c
- bra; abbreviation of brösthållare, abbreviation of bysthållare.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
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