ФБР

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English FBI (“Federal Bureau of Investigation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛ-bɛ-ˈrɛ]

Noun

ФБР • (FBR) n

1. Initialism of Федерално бюро за разследване (Federalno bjuro za razsledvane).

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɨ̞ bɛ ˈɛr] (phonetic respelling: фэ-бэ-э́р)
• IPA^(key): [ɛv bɛ ˈɛr] (phonetic respelling: эф-бэ-э́р) (uncommon)

Noun

ФБР • (FBR) n inan (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Федера́льное бюро́ рассле́дований (Federálʹnoje bjuró rasslédovanij): FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Usage notes

• The traditional reading of this initialism is fɛ-bɛ-ɛ́r, not the expected ɛf-bɛ-ɛ́r.