bah
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bah
- (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
- "My website is much better than yours!" ― "Let me check... bah!!"
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:yuck
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Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bah
- An exclamation of disgust: yuck
French[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bah
- No.
- Bah, bah, bah !
- No, no, no !
- An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um.
- Tu veux jouer aussi ? - Bah, ouais
- 'Do you want to play too? - Well, yeah
Synonyms[edit]
- (exclamation to fill space): ben
Further reading[edit]
- “bah” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -a
Interjection[edit]
bah
- Indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question.
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Kashmiri[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
bah
Malay[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.
Alternative forms[edit]
- به
Noun[edit]
bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)
- flood (overflow of water)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortened form of abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba-h, from *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of abah
Etymology 3[edit]
Shortened form of babah, from baba, variant of bapa.
Alternative forms[edit]
- bapa
- baba
- babah
- bapanda
- bapai
- bapak
- bapang
- papa
- باڤ
- بابا
- بابه
- به
- باڤندا
- باڤاي
- باڤق
- باڤڠ
- ڤاڤ
Noun[edit]
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of bapa
Etymology 4[edit]
Abbreviation of bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Abbreviation[edit]
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Abbreviation of bahasa.
Etymology 5[edit]
Shortened form of bawah, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
Alternative forms[edit]
Preposition[edit]
bah (Jawi spelling به)
- Alternative form of bawah
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bah
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- RAE: Diccionario de la lengua española
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English interjections
- English jocular terms
- English three-letter words
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch interjections
- French lemmas
- French interjections
- Italian lemmas
- Italian interjections
- Kashmiri terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kashmiri lemmas
- Kashmiri numerals
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms derived from Sanskrit
- Malay abbreviations
- Malay prepositions
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish interjections