bah

See also: Bah, BAH, bāh, and Bah.

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bæ/, /bɑː/
  • Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː
  • Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)

Interjection

bah

  1. (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
    • 1992, April Kihlstrom, Dangerous Masquerade
      Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs."

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Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bah

Interjection

bah

  1. An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba/

Interjection

bah

  1. No.
    Bah, bah, bah !
    No, no, no!
  2. 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
  • (exclamation to fill space): ben

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German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba(h)/, /baː/, /ba.aː/

Interjection

bah

  1. an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈba/
  • Rhymes: -a

Interjection

bah

  1. 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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Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bah/
  • Rhymes: -bah, -ah

Etymology 1

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 *baSaq.

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)

  1. flood (overflow of water)
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Etymology 2

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.

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of abah

Etymology 3

Shortened form of babah, from baba, variant of bapa.

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of bapa

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Abbreviation of bahasa.

Etymology 5

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.

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Preposition

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of bawah

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of bah – see 肉 (“meat; flesh”).
(This character, bah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肉.)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈba/

Interjection

bah

  1. indicates disdain or unbelief

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