BH

See also: bh, Bh, bḥ, .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
2. Abbreviation of Bihar, a state in India.

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.

Related terms

• (astronomy): SMBH, StMBH, NBH

Anagrams

• HB

Danish

Alternative forms

• bh

Noun

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

1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)

Derived terms

• bøjle-BH

German

Etymology

Initialism of Büstenhalter or Busenhalter.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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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 forms Büstenhalter (Germany) and Busenhalter (Austria and Switzerland) is now formal and quite unusual in common speech.

Declension

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

• “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

Alternative forms

• bh

Noun

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

1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)

Synonyms

• behå

Anagrams

• HB, bh

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

• behå

Portuguese

Proper noun

BH

1. Initialism of Belo Horizonte.

   Synonym: Beagá

Romanian

Proper noun

BH

1. Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• bh

Noun

BH c

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

See also

• behå

Anagrams

• HB