B

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B U+0042, B
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
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Translingual

Etymology 1

From the EtruscanCategory:Translingual terms derived from Etruscan#B letter 𐌁 (b, be), from the Ancient GreekCategory:Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek#B letter Β (B, beta), derived from the PhoenicianCategory:Translingual terms derived from Phoenician#B letter 𐤁 (b, bet), from the EgyptianCategory:Translingual terms derived from Egyptian#B hieroglyph 𓉐.

Letter

B (lower case b)Category:Translingual lemmas#BCategory:Translingual letters#BCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#BCategory:Latin script characters#B

  1. The second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notes

The letter B (usually its lower case form b) is used in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (/b/).

See also

Etymology 2

Symbol

BCategory:Translingual lemmas#BCategory:Translingual symbols#BCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type A antigen in their blood. They can receive blood from type B or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or A.
  2. (chemistryCategory:Symbols for chemical elements#B) Chemical symbol for boron.
  3. Eleven, especially used in the base more than eleven, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
    The equivalent numbers of decimal 1611 are duodecimal B23, hexadecimal 64B, vigesimal 40B and so on.Category:English terms with usage examples#B
  4. (biochemistryCategory:mul:Amino acids#B) As an IUPAC code for amino acids, aspartic acid or asparagine.
  5. (physicsCategory:mul:Physics#B) A magnetic flux density.
  7. (suffixive) billion (short scale) (= 10⁹ = 1 000 000 000)
    Holonym: T (10¹²)
    Meronyms: K, k, M (10³) < M (10⁶)
    Near-synonym: G- (prefix)
    27B = 27 000 000 000Category:Translingual terms with collocations#B
  8. (linguisticsCategory:mul:Linguistics#B) A wildcard for a labial consonant
  9. (linguisticsCategory:mul:Linguistics#B) low tone (e.g. in French-language text)
  10. (financeCategory:mul:Finance#B) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is highly speculative with high risk of default.Category:mul:Bond market
  11. (clothingCategory:mul:Clothing#B) Bra cup size.
  12. Symbol for basement.
  13. (license plate codes) Belgium

See also

  • (blood type): from antigen B
  • (symbol for boron): abbreviation of boron
  • (hexadecimal 11): The eleventh item from the sequence {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Other representations of B:

Further reading

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The b-rune ᛒ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin ‘B’
The b-rune ᛒ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin ‘B’

From the Old EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#B letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b, plural Bs or B's)Category:English lemmas#BCategory:English letters#BCategory:English nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes

In Modern English, the letter B is sometimes silent, e.g. in climb, and debt.

Apostrophes are sometimes used to form plurals of single upper case letters, especially at the start of a sentence:

A’s are difficult to achieve in this class.

Usually, though, the apostrophe is avoided when there is no risk of confusion:

She gets straight As in school.
See also

Number

B (upper case, lower case b, plural Bs or B's)Category:English lemmas#BCategory:English numeral symbols#BCategory:English nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.Category:English ordinal numbers#B

Etymology 2

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.

  • (billion): abbreviation of billion
  • (cricket): abbreviation of balls
  • (bitch): abbreviation of bitch

Noun

B (usually uncountable, plural Bs)Category:English lemmas#BCategory:English nouns#BCategory:English uncountable nouns#BCategory:English countable nouns#BCategory:English words spelled without vowels#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
    $2.8 B ― two point eight billion dollars (i.e., $2,800,000,000)Category:English terms with collocations#B
  2. (BritishCategory:British English#B) The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
  3. (chessCategory:en:Chess#B) Abbreviation of bishopCategory:English abbreviations#B.
    • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE‎, page 23:
      1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
    • 2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess‎:
      The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
      Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
  4. (cricketCategory:en:Cricket#B) The number of balls faced by a batsman.
  5. (musicCategory:en:Music#B) Bass.
  6. (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#B, euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#B, countableCategory:English countable nouns#B) Bastard.
  7. (euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#B, countableCategory:English countable nouns#B) Bitch.
    • 2011 December 25, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 99:
      [quoting an ethnographer’s account:] He then called me a “dumb B” and hung up the phone. Meredith pauses, looks at Graciela, and says, “Okay, I need you to be as specific as you can, so that means you’re going to have to tell me what he called you, exactly.” […] Graciela grabs the pen and writes down, “Dumb Bitch.” […] Robert then arrived at my house that day to see our son and upon leaving said, “I’ll see you in court you Dumb B.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
    • 2016 May 23, Caron Lipman, Co-habiting with Ghosts: Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny, Routledge, →ISBN, page 179:
      And then he looked again and she wasn’t there. So he probably thought, ‘Stupid B’. You know.
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
    • 2020 March 26, “Chucky”‎performed by Dezzie:
      Yo, I got this bad B coming from upsy. She just wanna bruck her back and give ucky.
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
  8. (chiefly African-American VernacularCategory:African-American Vernacular English#B, MLECategory:Multicultural London English#B) Abbreviation of blood or bludCategory:English abbreviations#B: used to address a friend, especially a male.[1]
    Alternative form: b
    • 2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, in The Tab‎:
      You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
  9. (immunologyCategory:en:Immunology#B, countableCategory:English countable nouns#B) A B cell.
    • 2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist‎:
      Mind your Bs and Ts
      […] And if the combined efforts of macrophages, b cells and t cells are sufficient, the pathogen will be beaten back and eventually cleared from the body.
      Category:English terms with quotations#B

Symbol

BCategory:English lemmas#BCategory:English symbols#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (computingCategory:en:Computing#B) byte
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • (computing): b (bit)

Etymology 3

From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels.

  • (personality type): from contrast with the letter ‘A’ and its corresponding personality type
  • (academic grade): from the position of the letter ‘B’ in the English alphabet

Noun

B (plural Bs)Category:English lemmas#BCategory:English nouns#BCategory:English countable nouns#BCategory:English words spelled without vowels#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  3. An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
  4. Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
    The television studio revived some of its B characters for the spinoff.Category:English terms with usage examples#B
    • 1999, Michael Sauter, The Worst Movies of All Time, Or, What Were They Thinking?, page 268:
      The baddest of the Bs, then, are a rare, precious mix of jerry-built production values and jazzed-up creative juices. But that’s not to say that even with a budget, a B movie can’t still bounce way off the wall, […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#B
  5. The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
  7. (musicCategory:en:Music#B) The seventh note in the C major scale.
Usage notes

Apostrophes are sometimes used to form plurals of single upper case letters, especially at the start of a sentence:

A’s are difficult to achieve in this class.

Usually, though, the apostrophe is avoided when there is no risk of confusion:

She gets straight As in school.
Translations
See also

Etymology 4

Possibly a contraction of BCPL (“Basic Combined Programming Language”), the name of a programming language from which B was derived. Dennis Ritchie (a coworker of B’s designer, Ken Thompson) speculated that B might be based on Bon (the name of an earlier, but unrelated, programming language that Thompson designed for use on Multics), itself either from Bonnie (the name of Thompson’s wife) or “(according to an encyclopedia quotation in its manual), after a religion whose rituals involve the murmuring of magic formulas”.[2]

Proper noun

BCategory:English lemmas#BCategory:English proper nouns#BCategory:English uncountable nouns#BCategory:English words spelled without vowels#BCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  2. (computer languagesCategory:en:Computer languages#B) A programming language from which C is derived.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ “B n.5”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.
  2. ↑ Dennis M[acAlistair] Ritchie (March 1993), “The Development of the C Language”, in ACM SIGPLAN Notices, volume 28, number 3, →DOI, pages 201–208:
    Its name most probably represents a contraction of BCPL, though an alternate theory holds that it derives from Bon [Thompson 69], an unrelated language created by Thompson during the Multics days. Bon in turn was named either after his wife Bonnie or (according to an encyclopedia quotation in its manual), after a religion whose rituals involve the murmuring of magic formulas.
Category:English minced oaths#B Category:en:Academic grades#B

Afar

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Afar lemmas#BCategory:Afar letters#BCategory:Afar nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BCategory:Afrikaans letters#BCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

B (plural B's, diminutive B'tjie)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. B

Angami

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Angami lemmas#BCategory:Angami letters#BCategory:Angami nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Angami entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Azerbaijani lemmas#BCategory:Azerbaijani letters#BCategory:Azerbaijani nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Basque lemmas#BCategory:Basque letters#BCategory:Basque nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Basque alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

See also

Blagar

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Blagar lemmas#BCategory:Blagar letters#BCategory:Blagar nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Blagar entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Blagar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Catalan lemmas#BCategory:Catalan letters#BCategory:Catalan nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Catalan alphabet, called be or be alta and written in the Latin script.

See also

Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /b/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *b, in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *bb.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Central Franconian lemmas#BCategory:Central Franconian letters#BCategory:Central Franconian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
  2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Central Mazahua lemmas#BCategory:Central Mazahua letters#BCategory:Central Mazahua nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Central Mazahua entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Mandarin lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Mandarin nouns#BCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#B

Noun

BCategory:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (MandarinCategory:Mandarin Chinese#B, chiefly Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#B) alternative form of 屄 (bī)

Etymology 2

Short for BB (bi1-4 bi1, “baby”), from EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#B baby.

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Cantonese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Cantonese nouns#BCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#B

Noun

BCategory:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (CantoneseCategory:Cantonese Chinese#B) baby (Classifier: 個／个 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 個/个#B
    喂，睇住個B啊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    喂，睇住个B啊！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    wai3, tai2 zyu6 go3 bi1 aa3! [Jyutping]
    Hey, look after the baby!
    Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
  2. (CantoneseCategory:Cantonese Chinese#B) Used to call somebody affectionately.
Synonyms
Compounds

Etymology 3

Cantonese boi1
Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#B boy.

Pronunciation 1

Note: boi1 - Hong Kong.
Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Mandarin lemmas#BCategory:Cantonese lemmas#BCategory:Hokkien lemmas#BCategory:Teochew lemmas#BCategory:Wu lemmas#BCategory:Chinese letters#BCategory:Mandarin letters#BCategory:Cantonese letters#BCategory:Hokkien letters#BCategory:Teochew letters#BCategory:Wu letters#BCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#B
Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese letters#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation 2

Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Mandarin lemmas#BCategory:Chinese letters#BCategory:Mandarin letters#BCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#B
Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese letters#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of Pinyin, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).

Etymology 4

Initialism of EnglishCategory:Chinese terms borrowed from English#BCategory:Chinese terms derived from English#B beta.

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Mandarin lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Mandarin nouns#BCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#B

Noun

BCategory:Chinese lemmas#BCategory:Chinese nouns#BCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (fandom slangCategory:Chinese fandom slang#B) alternative form of 貝塔 / 贝塔 (bèitǎ)
    see: ABO, A, and O
Category:Chinese gramograms#BCategory:Chinese terms with redundant sortkeys#BCategory:Chinese variant forms#B

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Chipewyan lemmas#BCategory:Chipewyan letters#BCategory:Chipewyan nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Chipewyan entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Czech lemmas#BCategory:Czech letters#BCategory:Czech nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

BCategory:Czech lemmas#BCategory:Czech nouns#BCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (musicCategory:cs:Music#B) B flat

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Dutch lemmas#BCategory:Dutch letters#BCategory:Dutch nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

  • ᛒ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Elfdalian lemmas#BCategory:Elfdalian letters#BCategory:Elfdalian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Elfdalian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

See b.

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Esperanto lemmas#BCategory:Esperanto letters#BCategory:Esperanto nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called bo and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Estonian lemmas#BCategory:Estonian letters#BCategory:Estonian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

See also

Even

Letter

B (upper case, lower case ʙ)Category:Even lemmas#BCategory:Even letters#BCategory:Even nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Even entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Even obsolete terms#B) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and B for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Finnish lemmas#BCategory:Finnish letters#BCategory:Finnish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Finnish alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

Derived terms

See also

Noun

BCategory:Finnish lemmas#BCategory:Finnish nouns#BCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. abbreviation of lubenter approbaturCategory:Finnish abbreviations#B
  2. alternative letter-case form of b (“B flat (musical note)”)

French

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:French lemmas#BCategory:French letters#BCategory:French nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Galician

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Galician lemmas#BCategory:Galician letters#BCategory:Galician nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Galician alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

German

Pronunciation

Letter

B n (upper case, lower case b)Category:German lemmas#BCategory:German letters#BCategory:German nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the German alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

B n (strong, genitive B, no plural)Category:German lemmas#BCategory:German nouns#BCategory:German uncountable nouns#BCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:German neuter nouns#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (musicCategory:de:Music#B) B-flat

Declension

See also

  • H (“B (musical note)”)

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Heiltsuk lemmas#BCategory:Heiltsuk letters#BCategory:Heiltsuk nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Heiltsuk entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • b (in music)

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BCategory:Hungarian letters#BCategory:Hungarian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called bé and written in the Latin script.
  2. (musicCategory:hu:Music#B) alternative form of b (“B-flat, B♭”, the 11th note of the C chromatic scale)

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

Further reading

  • (the letter and symbol): (1): b in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (in music): (2): b in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • b in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Icelandic lemmas#BCategory:Icelandic letters#BCategory:Icelandic nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Ido lemmas#BCategory:Ido letters#BCategory:Ido nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#B letter B (be), from the EtruscanCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Etruscan#B letter 𐌁 (b, be), from the Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#B letter Β (B, beta), derived from the PhoenicianCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Phoenician#B letter 𐤁 (b, bet), from the EgyptianCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Egyptian#B hieroglyph 𓉐.

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BCategory:Indonesian letters#BCategory:Indonesian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Etymology 2

From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels.

Noun

B (plural B-B)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BCategory:Indonesian nouns#BCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  2. (educationCategory:id:Education#B) B: An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A

Etymology 3

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.

Noun

B (plural B-B)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BCategory:Indonesian nouns#BCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (chemistryCategory:id:Chemistry#B) initialism of boronCategory:Indonesian initialisms#B
  2. B: The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead

Etymology 4

(blood type): From B antigen

Symbol

BCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BCategory:Indonesian symbols#BCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (medicineCategory:id:Medicine#B) B: A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type A antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type B or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or A

Further reading

Irish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Irish lemmas#BCategory:Irish letters#BCategory:Irish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Isoko

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Isoko lemmas#BCategory:Isoko letters#BCategory:Isoko nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Isoko entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Isoko alphabet, written in the Latin script.

References

  • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
  • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
  • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

Letter

B f or m (upper case, lower case b, invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#BCategory:Italian letters#BCategory:Italian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Italian alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script.

See also

Itelmen

Letter

B (upper case, lower case ʙ)Category:Itelmen lemmas#BCategory:Itelmen letters#BCategory:Itelmen nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Itelmen entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Itelmen obsolete terms#B) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Kalo Finnish Romani lemmas#BCategory:Kalo Finnish Romani letters#BCategory:Kalo Finnish Romani nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Kalo Finnish Romani entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kimmo Granqvist (2011), “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved 6 February 2022, pages 1-2

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from TagalogCategory:Kankanaey terms borrowed from Tagalog#BCategory:Kankanaey terms derived from Tagalog#B B. Letter pronunciation is influenced by EnglishCategory:Kankanaey terms derived from English#B B.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Kankanaey lemmas#BCategory:Kankanaey letters#BCategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script.

See also

References

  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and B for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Kashubian lemmas#BCategory:Kashubian letters#BCategory:Kashubian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Kashubian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The fourth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Kildin Sami

Letter

B (upper case, lower case ʙ)Category:Kildin Sami lemmas#BCategory:Kildin Sami letters#BCategory:Kildin Sami nouns#BCategory:Kildin Sami terms in nonstandard scripts#BCategory:Kildin Sami entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Kildin Sami obsolete terms#B) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Latin

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Latin lemmas#BCategory:Latin letters#BCategory:Latin nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /b/.

See also

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

Letter

B

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Latvian lemmas#BCategory:Latvian letters#BCategory:Latvian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called bē and written in the Latin script.

See also

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Malay lemmas#BCategory:Malay letters#BCategory:Malay nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Maltese

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Maltese lemmas#BCategory:Maltese letters#BCategory:Maltese nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Navajo lemmas#BCategory:Navajo letters#BCategory:Navajo nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Navajo entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb
The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#B B, from EtruscanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Etruscan#B 𐌁 (b, be), from Ancient GreekCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek#B Β (B, beta), from the PhoenicianCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Phoenician#B 𐤁 (b, bet), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from EgyptianCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Egyptian#B 𓉐, representing the plan of a house.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål letters#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

B m (definite singular B-en, indefinite plural B-er, definite plural B-ene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. the letter B, the second letter of the Norwegian alphabet
  3. Denoting the second, or number two, on a scale, order or degree.
    B-post, B-lag, blodtype B, energiklasse B ― B-post, B-team, blood type B, energy class BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
    øl i klasse B ― beer with 0.7–2.75 volume percent alcoholCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
    førerkort klasse B ― driving license class BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
    plan B ― plan BCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
  4. the second highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
    få B til eksamen
    receive an B on an exam
    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
  5. (musicCategory:nb:Music#B) the tone h lowered by half a step
    stemt i B ― tuned so that a C on the instrument sounds like B in the normal scaleCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#B
  6. (musicCategory:nb:Music#B) a B-flat (sign indicating that the following note is to be lowered by half a step)
  7. abbreviation of bass (“bass”)Category:Norwegian Bokmål abbreviations#B
  8. (physicsCategory:nb:Physics#B) symbol for bel (“bel”)
  9. (chemistryCategory:nb:Chemistry#B) symbol for bor (“boron”)

References

Anagrams

Nupe

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Nupe lemmas#BCategory:Nupe letters#BCategory:Nupe nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Nupe entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Old English

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Old English lemmas#BCategory:Old English letters#BCategory:Old English nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and B for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Polish lemmas#BCategory:Polish letters#BCategory:Polish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Polish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

See also

Portuguese

Letter

B m (upper case, lower case b)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BCategory:Portuguese letters#BCategory:Portuguese nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called bê and written in the Latin script.

See also

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Romani lemmas#BCategory:Romani letters#BCategory:Romani nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Romani entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Romanian lemmas#BCategory:Romanian letters#BCategory:Romanian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called be or bî and written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

BCategory:Romanian lemmas#BCategory:Romanian proper nouns#BCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. abbreviation of București: the capital of RomaniaCategory:Romanian abbreviations#BCategory:ro:Abbreviations of places#BCategory:ro:Cities in Romania#BCategory:ro:National capitals#BCategory:ro:Places in Romania#B

Saanich

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Saanich lemmas#BCategory:Saanich letters#BCategory:Saanich nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Saanich entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The fourth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#BCategory:Scottish Gaelic letters#BCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by A and followed by C; traditionally named beith (“birch”).

See also

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and B for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Silesian lemmas#BCategory:Silesian letters#BCategory:Silesian nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Silesian entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Skolt Sami lemmas#BCategory:Skolt Sami letters#BCategory:Skolt Sami nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Skolt Sami entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet B, from CzechCategory:Slovene terms derived from Czech#B alphabet B, from the EtruscanCategory:Slovene terms derived from Etruscan#B letter 𐌁 (b, be), from the Ancient GreekCategory:Slovene terms derived from Ancient Greek#B letter Β (B, beta), derived from the PhoenicianCategory:Slovene terms derived from Phoenician#B letter 𐤁 (b, bet), from the EgyptianCategory:Slovene terms derived from Egyptian#B hieroglyph 𓉐. Pronunciation as /bə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from GermanCategory:Slovene terms derived from German#B B.

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Slovene lemmas#BCategory:Slovene letters#BCategory:Slovene nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The third letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The second letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Symbol

BCategory:Slovene lemmas#BCategory:Slovene symbols#BCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (SNPT, not allowed to be in lower case) Phonetic transcription of sound [b̪].

Noun

B m inanCategory:Slovene lemmas#BCategory:Slovene nouns#BCategory:Slovene masculine inanimate nouns#BCategory:Slovene words spelled without vowels#BCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Slovene masculine nouns#BCategory:Slovene inanimate nouns#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The name of the Latin script letter B / b.

Declension

  • Overall more common
Unknown tone or non-tonal
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. B
gen. sing. B-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 B B-ja B-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 B-ja B-jev B-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 B-ju B-jema B-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 B B-ja B-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 B-ju B-jih B-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 B-jem B-jema B-ji
Category:Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns#BCategory:Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns with j-infix#BCategory:Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries#B
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. B
gen. sing. B
singular dual plural
nominative B B B
accusative B B B
genitive B B B
dative B B B
locative B B B
instrumental B B B

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “B”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Somali

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Somali lemmas#BCategory:Somali letters#BCategory:Somali nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ba and written in the Latin script; preceded by ' and followed by T.

Usage notes

See also

Spanish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Spanish lemmas#BCategory:Spanish letters#BCategory:Spanish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Spanish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

Likely from B movies in (adjective sense 2).

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Swedish lemmas#BCategory:Swedish letters#BCategory:Swedish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Symbol

BCategory:Swedish lemmas#BCategory:Swedish symbols#BCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (SAB) general and miscellaneous
    Meronyms: Ba, Bb, Bd, Be, Bf, Bg, Bh, Bi, Bk, Bl, Br, Bs, Bt, Bu, Bv
  2. (zoning) Area reserved for bostäder (“residential etc.”).
    Holonym: kvartersmark

Adjective

BCategory:Swedish lemmas#BCategory:Swedish adjectives#BCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. indication of being of lesser rank, less successful
    Antonym: A
  3. (colloquialCategory:Swedish colloquialisms#B) low-quality, shoddy, bad
    Dialogen i filmen är rätt B
    The dialogue in the movie is pretty janky
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#B

Derived terms

Noun

BCategory:Swedish lemmas#BCategory:Swedish nouns#BCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
    Coordinate terms: A, B, C, D, E

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#BCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#B B. Each pronunciation has a different source:

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BCategory:Tagalog letters#BCategory:Tagalog nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. the second letter of the Filipino alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script
  2. the second letter of the Abakada alphabet, called ba and written in the Latin script
  3. (historicalCategory:Tagalog terms with historical senses#B) the second letter of the Abecedario, called be and written in the Latin script

See also

Further reading

  • “B”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tundra Nenets

Letter

B (upper case, lower case ʙ)Category:Tundra Nenets lemmas#BCategory:Tundra Nenets letters#BCategory:Tundra Nenets nouns#BCategory:Tundra Nenets terms in nonstandard scripts#BCategory:Tundra Nenets entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Tundra Nenets obsolete terms#B) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Turkish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Turkish lemmas#BCategory:Turkish letters#BCategory:Turkish nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Turkish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#BCategory:Vietnamese letters#BCategory:Vietnamese nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called bê, bê bò or bờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Welsh lemmas#BCategory:Welsh letters#BCategory:Welsh nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Welsh alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script; preceded by A and followed by C.

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bangor
radical soft nasal aspirate
Bangor Fangor Mangor unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “B”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Yoruba lemmas#BCategory:Yoruba letters#BCategory:Yoruba nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called bí and written in the Latin script.

See also

Zulu

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)Category:Zulu lemmas#BCategory:Zulu letters#BCategory:Zulu nouns#BCategory:Latin script characters#BCategory:Zulu entries with incorrect language header#BCategory:Pages with entries#BCategory:Pages with 63 entries#B

  1. The second letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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