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/bæ/
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/bɑː/
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homophone: baa
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homophone: bar (in some pronunciations)
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CMU ARPABET:
B AA1
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Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, sometimes
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Alternative spelling of baa.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Initialism of Basic Allowance for Housing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Alternative spelling of baa.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Alternative spelling of ba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
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Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin :
呸
(pēi)
— expressing contempt
Esperanto :
ba
— expressing contempt
Finnish :
pah
— expressing contempt
Finnish :
pöh
— expressing contempt
Finnish :
pyh
— expressing contempt
Galician :
boh
— expressing contempt
Greek :
μπα
(ba)
— expressing contempt
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao :
teik
— expressing contempt
Ido :
ba
— expressing contempt
Māori :
atā
— expressing contempt
Māori :
aeha
— expressing contempt
Portuguese :
bah
— expressing contempt
Portuguese :
chispa
— expressing contempt
Portuguese :
ora bolas
— expressing contempt
Portuguese :
goff
— expressing contempt
Russian :
тьфу
(tʹfu)
— expressing contempt
Russian :
фу
(fu)
— expressing contempt
Serbo-Croatian :
ma
— expressing contempt
Spanish :
bah
— expressing contempt