Wiktionary

B

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

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

TranslingualEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

LetterEdit

B (lower case b)

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

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 alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

SymbolEdit

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 andFitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is highly speculative with high risk of default.
  8. (clothing) Bra cup size.

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type

  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur

  •  

    B in uncial script

See alsoEdit

  • (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 readingEdit

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

 
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”).

LetterEdit

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.
Usage notesEdit

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 alsoEdit

NumberEdit

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 2Edit

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

NounEdit

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[2]:
      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.

SuffixEdit

B

  1. (stenoscript) a suffix -(V)ble (-ible, -able.)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

  • (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

NounEdit

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.
  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.
    • 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, […]
  5. Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with A, which is the primary part.
  7. (music) The seventh note in the C major scale.
Usage notesEdit

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.
TranslationsEdit
See B/translations § English.
See alsoEdit

SymbolEdit

B

  1. (computing) byte
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See B/translations § English.
See alsoEdit
  • (computing): b (bit)

Proper nounEdit

B

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

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

B

  1. The second letter in the Afar alphabet.

See alsoEdit

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /bɪə/

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. B

AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

B upper case (lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

BlagarEdit

LetterEdit

B

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

See alsoEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

Central FranconianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B

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

Usage notesEdit

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.

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

B

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

Etymology 2Edit

Short for BB (bi1-4 bi1, “baby”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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!
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嬰兒, 嬰孩
Mandarin Beijing 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
Cantonese Guangzhou 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
Macau BB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
Gan Nanchang 毛伢子
Lichuan 毛伢崽
Pingxiang 毛毛仔
Hakka Meixian 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
Huizhou Jixi 細妹
Jin Taiyuan 小娃娃
Xinzhou 小娃子
Min Bei Jian'ou 𤘅仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 兒囝囝
Min Nan Xiamen 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 Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娃娃
Wu Shanghai 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
Xiang Changsha 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
Loudi 毛毛唧, 毛毛
CompoundsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

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

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: boi1 - Hong Kong.
Note: Often realised as 1bi..
LetterEdit

B

  1. The second letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2Edit

LetterEdit

B

  1. The second letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
  • 《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).

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

B

  1. (music) B flat

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

EstonianEdit

 
Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

B

  1. Abbreviation of lubenter approbatur.

GalicianEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

B n (strong, genitive B, no plural)

  1. (music) B-flat

DeclensionEdit

Declension of B [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das B
genitive eines des B
dative einem dem B
accusative ein das B

See alsoEdit

  • H (“B (musical note)”)

HungarianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • b (in music)

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative B B-k
accusative B-t B-ket
dative B-nek B-knek
instrumental B-vel B-kkel
causal-final B-ért B-kért
translative B-vé B-kké
terminative B-ig B-kig
essive-formal B-ként B-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive B-ben B-kben
superessive B-n B-ken
adessive B-nél B-knél
illative B-be B-kbe
sublative B-re B-kre
allative B-hez B-khez
elative B-ből B-kből
delative B-ről B-kről
ablative B-től B-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		B-é B-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		B-éi B-kéi
Possessive forms of B
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. B-m B-im
2nd person sing. B-d B-id
3rd person sing. B-je B-i
1st person plural B-nk B-ink
2nd person plural B-tek B-itek
3rd person plural B-jük B-ik

Derived termsEdit

Compound words

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • (the letter and symbol): (1): b in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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)

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (lower case b)

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

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

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.

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Kalo Finnish RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

LatvianEdit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

 
B

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

MalayEdit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

B

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

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MalteseEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

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

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. (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
  6. (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
  7. Abbreviation of bass (“bass”).
  8. (physics) symbol for bel (“bel”)
  9. (chemistry) symbol for bor (“boron”)

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

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 alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

B

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

SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B

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

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

B (lower case b)

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

See alsoEdit

SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

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.

SymbolEdit

B

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

NounEdit

B m inan

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

InflectionEdit

  • Overall more common
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
  • 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

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Further readingEdit

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

SomaliEdit

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B upper case (lower case b)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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SwedishEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

  1. the second letter of the Swedish alphabet

SymbolEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

B

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

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NounEdit

B

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

TurkishEdit

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B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (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

LetterEdit

B (lower case b)

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

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Bangor Fangor Mangor unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further readingEdit

  • 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

YorubaEdit

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LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

B (upper case, lower case b)

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

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