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单词 B
释义

B

See also: b and Appendix:Variations of "b"

B U+0042, B
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
← A
[U+0041]		Basic LatinC →
[U+0043]
Character variations
Ｂ U+FF22, Ｂ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
← Ａ
[U+FF21]		Halfwidth and Fullwidth FormsＣ →
[U+FF23]
𝕭 U+1D56D, 𝕭
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL B
← 𝕬
[U+1D56C]		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols𝕮 →
[U+1D56E]

Translingual

Etymology 1

From the Etruscan letter 𐌁 (b, “be”), from the Ancient Greek letter Β (B, “beta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (b, “bet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉐.

Letter

B (lower case 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
  • (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
  • (Variations of letter B):  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ḇḇ  Ƀƀ  Ɓɓ  Ƃƃ  ᵬ  ᶀ  ʙ  Ｂｂ  ȸ  ℔  Ꞗꞗ
  • For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "b".
  • (other scripts) Β (B, “Beta”), Б (B, “Be”), В (V, “Ve”), ב (b, “Beth”)

Symbol

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. (chemistry) The chemical element boron.
  3. Eleven, especially used in the base more than ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
    The equivalent numbers of decimal 1611 are duodecimal B23, hexadecimal 64B, vigesimal 40B and so on.
  4. (biochemistry) As an IUPAC code for amino acids, aspartic acid or asparagine.
  5. (physics) A magnetic flux density.
  6. (linguistics) A wildcard for a labial consonant
  7. (finance) 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.
  8. (clothing) Bra cup size.
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
  • B in uncial script

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:

  • NATO phonetic: Bravo
  • Morse code: –···
  • Braille: ⠃
  • ASL Manual: B
  • Signal flag:
  • Semaphore:

Further reading

  • B on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /biː/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

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

Old English 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)

  1. The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
    • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
      Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
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
  • (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Number

B (upper case, lower case b)

  1. The ordinal number second, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

  • (cricket, balls): abbreviation of balls
  • (billion): abbreviation of billion
  • (black): abbreviation of black

Noun

B

  1. (cricket) the number of balls faced by a batsman
  2. 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)
  3. (Britain) The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
  4. (chess) Bishop
  5. (music) Bass.
  6. (immunology) 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.

Suffix

B

  1. (stenoscript) a suffix -(V)ble (-ible, -able.)
Derived terms
  • Bl -ably or -ibly

Etymology 3

  • (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)

  1. A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  2. An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
  3. 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.
    • 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, […]
  4. Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with A, which is the primary part.
  5. (music) 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 B/translations § English.
See also
  • B-side
  • B story
  • plan B

Symbol

B

  1. (computing) byte
Derived terms
  • (computing): Bps, B/s
  • (computing): kB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB
Translations
See B/translations § English.
See also
  • (computing): b (bit)

Proper noun

B

  1. (computer languages) A programming language from which C is derived.

Afar

Letter

B

  1. The second letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /bɪə/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Noun

B (plural B's, diminutive B'tjie)

  1. B

Azerbaijani

Letter

B upper case (lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be/, [be̞]

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Blagar

Letter

B

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sy sy, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) alfabet català; Aa, Bb, Cc, (Çç), Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, (L·Ll·l), Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Central Franconian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b/, (coda) [p]

Letter

B

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Doubling of B and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, b is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between b and p may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, b is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.

Chinese

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bī (bi1)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bī
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bi
      • Wade–Giles: pi1
      • Yale: bī
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
      • Palladius: би (bi)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵⁵/

Noun

B

  1. (Mandarin, chiefly Internet slang) Alternative form of 屄 (bī).

Etymology 2

Short for BB (bi1-4 bi1, “baby”).

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bi1
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: bi1
      • Yale: bī
      • Cantonese Pinyin: bi1
      • Guangdong Romanization: bi1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵/

Noun

B

  1. (Cantonese) baby (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    喂，睇住個B啊！／喂，睇住个B啊！ [Cantonese]  ―  wai3, tai2 zyu6 go3 bi1 aa3! [Jyutping]  ―  Hey, look after the baby!
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)嬰兒, 嬰孩
MandarinBeijing嬰孩兒
Taiwan嬰兒, 寶寶
Luoyang娃娃
Wanrong胎娃
Wuhan毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
Chengdu奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
Guiyang嫩娃娃
Kunming小每每, 小咕奶兒
Xuzhou小毛娃兒
Nanjing小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Singapore嬰兒
CantoneseGuangzhou蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹
Hong Kong蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, B, 蝦仔
MacauBB仔
Guangzhou (Conghua)蘇蝦仔
Taishan毛蝦
Dongguan蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
Singapore (Guangfu)蘇蝦
GanNanchang毛伢子
Lichuan毛伢崽
Pingxiang毛毛仔
HakkaMeixian孲𤘅仔
Xingning孲𤘅哩
Huidong (Daling)孲𤘅仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang)孲𤘅子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)嫩仔
Changting孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Wuping孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Wuping (Pingyu)蝦毛子
Liancheng孲𤘅子
Yudu伢人子, 毛伢子
Ruijin孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Shicheng赤伢
Shangyou (Shexi)伢毛子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)孲𤘅仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)孲𤘅仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)孲𤘅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)阿佅, 嬰仔
HuizhouJixi細妹
JinTaiyuan小娃娃
Xinzhou小娃子
Min BeiJian'ou𤘅仔
Min DongFuzhou兒囝囝
Min NanXiamen嬰仔
Quanzhou嬰仔
Jinjiang幼囝
Yongchun嬰囝
Zhangzhou嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰
Taipei嬰仔
New Taipei (Sanxia)紅嬰
Kaohsiung紅嬰仔
Yilan紅嬰仔
Changhua (Lukang)紅嬰仔
Taichung紅嬰仔
Tainan紅嬰仔
Hsinchu紅嬰仔
Kinmen嬰仔
Singapore (Hokkien)嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
Manila (Hokkien)嬰仔
Guilin (Biyange)毛毛崽
Shantou孥囝
Singapore (Teochew)anak
Leizhou儂
Haikou囝, 儂 intimate
Southern PinghuaNanning (Tingzi)娃娃
WuShanghai小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
Shanghai (Chongming)小小囡
Suzhou小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
Danyang小毛毛, 毛毛
Hangzhou小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
Ningbo奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
Wenzhou娒兒, 娒娒兒
Jinhua王男
XiangChangsha毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
Loudi毛毛唧, 毛毛
Compounds
  • 低B
  • 陀B
  • 湊B／凑B
  • 養B／养B

Etymology 3

Cantonese boi1
Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from English boy.

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi4)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bi1, boi1
  • Min Nan
    (Hokkien, POJ): pi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T1)
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
      • Wade–Giles: pi4
      • Yale: bì
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
      • Palladius: би (bi)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: bi1, boi1
      • Yale: bī, bōi
      • Cantonese Pinyin: bi1, boi1
      • Guangdong Romanization: bi1, boi1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵/, /pɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Note: boi1 - Hong Kong.
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
      • Tâi-lô: pi
      • Phofsit Daibuun: py
      • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: bhi5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bî
      • Sinological IPA (key): /bi⁵⁵/
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: pi (T1)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵³/
Note: Often realised as 1bi..
Letter

B

  1. The second letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bō, bê̄ (bo1, bê1)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄝ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, common)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
      • Wade–Giles: po1
      • Yale: bwō
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
      • Palladius: бо (bo)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pwɔ⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, official)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bê̄
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄝ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bê
      • Wade–Giles: peh1
      • Yale: bē
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bè
      • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pɛ⁵⁵/
Letter

B

  1. The second letter used in Pinyin.
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 pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː/

Letter

B

  1. B (the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet)

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Noun

B

  1. (music) B flat

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː/
  • Audio(file)

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /bo/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone (letter name): bo-

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Estonian

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Finnish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

B

  1. Abbreviation of lubenter approbatur.

Galician

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, X x, Z z

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː/
  • Audio(file)

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

B n (strong, genitive B, no plural)

  1. (music) B-flat

Declension

Declension of B [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef.def.noun
nominativeeindasB
genitiveeinesdesB
dativeeinemdemB
accusativeeindasB

See also

  • H (“B (musical note)”)

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • b (in music)

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈb]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈbeː]
  • Audio(file)

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singularplural
nominativeBB-k
accusativeB-tB-ket
dativeB-nekB-knek
instrumentalB-velB-kkel
causal-finalB-értB-kért
translativeB-véB-kké
terminativeB-igB-kig
essive-formalB-kéntB-kként
essive-modal——
inessiveB-benB-kben
superessiveB-nB-ken
adessiveB-nélB-knél
illativeB-beB-kbe
sublativeB-reB-kre
allativeB-hezB-khez
elativeB-bőlB-kből
delativeB-rőlB-kről
ablativeB-tőlB-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		B-éB-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		B-éiB-kéi
Possessive forms of B
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.B-mB-im
2nd person sing.B-dB-id
3rd person sing.B-jeB-i
1st person pluralB-nkB-ink
2nd person pluralB-tekB-itek
3rd person pluralB-jükB-ik

Derived terms

Compound words
  • B-dúr
  • b-moll

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

Further reading

  • (the letter and symbol): (1): b in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (in music): (2): b in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • b in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Italian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): **/ˈbi/*
    • Rhymes: -i
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
  • Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

References

  1. Kimmo Granqvist (2011), “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, ISSN 1796-041X, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

Latvian

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

  • IPA(key): [b]
  • Audio(file)

Letter

B

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
    burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [bi]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [b]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [p̚]

Letter

B

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Maltese

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Norwegian Bokmål

The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B.

Alternative forms

  • b

Etymology

From Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁 (b, “be”), from Ancient Greek Β (B, “beta”), from the Phoenician 𐤁 (b, “bet”), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓉐, representing the plan of a house.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /beː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: B
  • Homophones: b, be

Letter

B (lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

Noun

B m (definite singular B-en, indefinite plural B-er, definite plural B-ene)

  1. the letter B, the second letter of the Norwegian alphabet
    • 1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 14:
      [ordet «neste»] skulde ud af verden uden nåde, som b og g af Knudsens grammatik
      [the word «next»] was to come out of the world without grace, as b and g of Knudsen's grammar
  2. Denoting the second, or number two, on a scale, order or degree.
    • 2003, Espen Søbye, Kathe, alltid vært i Norge:
      øverst i oppgang b lå den nye presteboligen med åtte rom, hall, entré og kjøkken
      at the top of entrance b was the new parsonage with eight rooms, hall, entrance and kitchen
    B-post, B-lag, blodtype B, energiklasse B ― B-post, B-team, blood type B, energy class B
    øl i klasse B ― beer with 0.7–2.75 volume percent alcohol
    førerkort klasse B ― driving license class B
    plan B ― plan B
  3. the second highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
    • 2019, Helene Uri, Stillheten etterpå, page 14:
      jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er
      I have good grades. Only A's and B's
    få B til eksamen
    receive an B on an exam
  4. (music) the tone h lowered by half a step
    • 1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 35–36:
      enhver tone er mangetydig, fiss er også gess, diss er ess, b er aiss og så videre
      every tone is ambiguous, fiss is also gess, diss is ace, b is aiss and so on
    • 2000, Bjørnar Pedersen og Egil Birkeland, Hillman Hunter:
      skotske sekkepiper stemmes i B
      Scottish bagpipes are tuned in B
    B-dur og B-moll
    B major and B minor
    stemt i B ― tuned so that a C on the instrument sounds like B in the normal scale
  5. (music) a B-flat (sign indicating that the following note is to be lowered by half a step)
    • 1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 98:
      ingen vil påstå at notebladet med nøkler, kryss og b’er er selve musikken
      no one will claim that the sheet music with keys, crosses and bs is the music itself
  6. Abbreviation of bass (“bass”).
  7. (physics) symbol for bel (“bel”)
  8. (chemistry) symbol for bor (“boron”)

References

  • “B” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “B” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “B (bokstav)” in Store norske leksikon
  • “B (notasjon)” in Store norske leksikon
  • “B (tone)” in Store norske leksikon
  • “B (atomsymbol)” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

  • b

Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Further reading

  • B in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • B in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z zInternational Standard:(À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

  1. The fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called be or bî and written in the Latin script.
See also
  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Proper noun

B

  1. Abbreviation of București, the capital city of Romania.

Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʼ/

Letter

B

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/

Letter

B (lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/, [p], [b̪]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /bə́/, /bèː/, /béː/
  • Audio (letter name, non-tonal)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Symbol

B

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

Noun

B m inan

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

Inflection

  • Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.B
gen. sing.B-ja
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		BB-jaB-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		B-jaB-jevB-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)		B-juB-jemaB-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		BB-jaB-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		B-juB-jihB-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		B-jemB-jemaB-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.B
gen. sing.B
singulardualplural
nominativeBBB
accusativeBBB
genitiveBBB
dativeBBB
locativeBBB
instrumentalBBB

Derived terms

  • od A do B

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
  • ʙ

Further reading

  • “B”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ba/

Letter

B upper case (lower case b)

  1. The second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ba and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows the Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by ' and followed by T.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

Spanish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Derived terms

  • en B

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Swedish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

  1. the second letter of the Swedish alphabet

Symbol

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

B

  1. indication of being of lesser rank, less successful
    Antonym: A
  2. indication of being boring
    Synonym: tråkigt

Derived terms

  • B-aktie (“class B share”)
  • B-lag (“second raters”)

Noun

B

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

Turkish

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩], [ʔɓəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˦˩], [ʔɓəː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩], [ʔɓəː˨˩]
  • Phonetic: bê, bê bò, bờ

Letter

B (lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /biː/
    • (informal) IPA(key): /bə/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Mutation

  • B at the beginning of words mutates to F in a soft mutation, to M in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word Bangor (“Bangor”):
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
BangorFangorMangorunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

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

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /bí/

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
  • As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

Zulu

Letter

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
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