"bah" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /bæ/ [UK], /bɑː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bah.wav
Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː Etymology: Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bah}} French bah Head templates: {{en-interj}} bah
  1. (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper. Tags: humorous, sometimes Derived forms: bah humbug, pooh-bah, poobah Related terms: contempt, despise, yuck Translations (expressing contempt): (pēi) [offensive, strong] (Chinese Mandarin), pah (Finnish), pöh (Finnish), pyh (Finnish), boh (Galician), μπα (ba) (Greek), ba (Ido), atā (Maori), aeha (Maori), bah (Portuguese), chispa (Portuguese), ora bolas (Portuguese), goff (Portuguese), тьфу (tʹfu) (Russian), фу (fu) (Russian), bah (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bah-en-intj-gOtKlUoM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English particles, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 13 24 Disambiguation of English particles: 55 11 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 26 5 10 26 7 3 1 0 2 8 8 1 2 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 3 9 29 8 2 0 0 1 10 10 1 1 1 1 Synonyms: feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, poh, pish, ick, ych a fi, yuck, baugh [archaic], bah, blech, bleck [rare], faugh [dated], faw, foh [obsolete], fough [obsolete], gaw, harumph, pah, pfaugh, pfui, phht, pho [archaic], phoh [archaic], piff, pssh, pshh, pshht, psht, pssht, pugh [archaic], puh, tush Synonyms (expressing contempt): pht Synonyms (expressing disgust): bleh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɑː/ [UK] Forms: bahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Head templates: {{en-noun}} bah (plural bahs)
  1. Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: baa (extra: the cry of a sheep or goat) Synonyms: baa
    Sense id: en-bah-en-noun-JKarEtGt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: [pɑ˨] [Singapore], [b̥-] [Singapore]
Etymology: From Mandarin 吧 (ba). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|吧}} 吧 (ba) Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} bah, {{en-particle}} bah
  1. (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion. Tags: Manglish, Singlish, rare
    Sense id: en-bah-en-particle-7zzNlWZ3 Categories (other): Manglish, Singlish Related terms: sis boom bah Related terms (Singlish particles): ah, hor, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "feh"
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        {
          "word": "meh"
        },
        {
          "word": "pooh"
        },
        {
          "word": "pshaw"
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        {
          "word": "poh"
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        {
          "word": "pish"
        },
        {
          "word": "ick"
        },
        {
          "word": "ych a fi"
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        {
          "word": "yuck"
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          "word": "baugh"
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          "word": "blech"
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          "word": "bleck"
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          "word": "faugh"
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          "word": "faw"
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          "word": "harumph"
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          "roman": "pēi",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "tags": [
            "offensive",
            "strong"
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          "word": "呸"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "pah"
        },
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "pöh"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "pyh"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "boh"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ba",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "μπα"
        },
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "ba"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "atā"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "aeha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "bah"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "chispa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "ora bolas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "goff"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "тьфу"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "фу"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expressing contempt",
          "word": "bah"
        }
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          "extra": "the cry of a sheep or goat",
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          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
          "text": "`There, cut his throat quick. Where is the saucer?' `The Goat! the Goat! the Goat! Give me the blood of my black goat! I must have it, don't you see I must have it? Oh! oh! oh! give me the blood of the goat.' At this moment a terrified bah! announced that the poor goat had been sacrificed, and the next minute a woman ran up with a saucer full of blood.",
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      "word": "bah humbug"
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      "homophone": "baa"
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      "word": "pht"
    },
    {
      "word": "feh"
    },
    {
      "word": "meh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pooh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pshaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "poh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "expressing disgust",
      "word": "bleh"
    },
    {
      "word": "ick"
    },
    {
      "word": "ych a fi"
    },
    {
      "word": "yuck"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "baugh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "bah"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "blech"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "bleck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "faugh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "faw"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "fough"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "gaw"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "harumph"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pah"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pfaugh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pfui"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "phht"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "pho"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "phoh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "piff"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pssh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pshh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pshht"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "psht"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "pssht"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "pugh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "puh"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:bah",
      "word": "tush"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pēi",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "strong"
      ],
      "word": "呸"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "pah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "pöh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "pyh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "boh"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ba",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "μπα"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "atā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "aeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "bah"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "chispa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "ora bolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "goff"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tʹfu",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "тьфу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fu",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "фу"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expressing contempt",
      "word": "bah"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bah"
}

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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "baa"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
          "text": "`There, cut his throat quick. Where is the saucer?' `The Goat! the Goat! the Goat! Give me the blood of my black goat! I must have it, don't you see I must have it? Oh! oh! oh! give me the blood of the goat.' At this moment a terrified bah! announced that the poor goat had been sacrificed, and the next minute a woman ran up with a saucer full of blood.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "baa",
          "baa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "baa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "baa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bah"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English particles",
    "English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
    "English terms derived from Mandarin",
    "English three-letter words",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "吧"
      },
      "expansion": "吧 (ba)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 吧 (ba).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
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    {
      "word": "sis boom bah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "ah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "hor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "lah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "leh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "liao"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "lor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "mah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "meh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "one"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "sia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "what"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think you should go see a doctor ba.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis#English"
        ],
        [
          "soften",
          "soften#English"
        ],
        [
          "suggestion",
          "suggestion#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɑ˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[b̥-]",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bah"
}

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