RH

See also: rh, Rh, and rḫ

Translingual

Symbol

RH

1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Haiti.

   Synonym: HT (for general use)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Southern Rhodesia from 1974 to 1980.

   Synonyms: RHO (alpha-3 1974–1980), ZW (1980–present, as Zimbabwe)

Usage notes

• This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Haiti is HT.
• Despite the existence of the de facto state of Rhodesia upon the publication of ISO 3166 in 1974, its lack of recognition by the United Nations meant that the code instead referred to the de jure British colony of Southern Rhodesia. The code was, however, deprecated in favour of ZW upon the country's establishment as Zimbabwe, which did gain international recognition.

English

Noun

RH (countable and uncountable, plural RHs)

1. Initialism of relative humidity.
2. (music, knitting) Initialism of right hand.
   • 2012, Stefanie Japel, Mom and Me Knits, page 13:

     Work wraps together with wrapped sts as you come to them, as follows: Insert RH ndl into wrap at base of wrapped st from beneath, then bring RH ndl up and into st on LH ndl, ready to work the st […]

3. Initialism of review hearing.
4. (US, army, aviation) Initialism of reconnaissance helicopter.
5. (pornography, literature) Initialism of reverse harem (a genre of fiction in which a woman has multiple male sexual partners or love interests).

Anagrams

• H.R., HR, hr, hr.

French

Etymology

Initialism of ressources humaines (“human resources”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʁaʃ/

Noun

RH f pl (plural only)

1. HR

German

Noun

RH

1. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Reihenhaus.

See also

• REH
• RMH

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of recursos humanos (“human resources”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi aˈɡa/ [ˈɛ.hi aˈɡa]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi aˈɡa/ [ˈɛ.hi aˈɡa]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi aˈɡa/ [ˈɛ.χi aˈɡa]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁe aˈɡa/ [ˈɛ.he aˈɡa]

Noun

RH m (uncountable)

1. HR