RH

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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

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

French

Etymology

Initialism of ressources humaines (human resources).

Pronunciation

Noun

RH f pl (plural only)

  1. HR

German

Noun

RH

  1. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Reihenhaus.

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of recursos humanos (human resources).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

RH m (uncountable)

  1. HR