BCE

See also: B.C.E., все, and всё

Contents

English

Adverb

BCE (not comparable)

1. Initialism of before Common Era or Christian Era.

   Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE.

Usage notes

Often written in small caps.

Synonyms

• AEV, BC

Antonyms

• CE

Translations

before the common era

• Albanian: para erës sonë
• Bulgarian: пр.н.е. (pr.n.e.) (преди новата ера=pred novata era)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: př. n. l. (cs) (před naším letopočtem)
• Dutch: onze jaartelling, gewone tijdrekening
• Finnish: eaa.
• French: av.n.è. (avant notre ère); AEC (fr), AÈC, aèc (avant l'ère commune)
• Georgian: ჩვ. წ.-მდე (čv. c̣.-mde), ახ. წ.–მდე (ax. c̣.–mde), ჩვენს წელთაღრიცხვამდე (čvens c̣eltaɣricxvamde), ახალ წელთაღრიცხვამდე (axal c̣eltaɣricxvamde)
• German: v. u. Z. (de) (vor unserer Zeitrechnung)
• Greek: π.Κ.Ε. (el) (p.K.E.)

• Hungarian: i. e. (hu) (időszámításunk előtt)
• Lithuanian: pr. m. e. (prieš mūsų erą)
• Macedonian: п.н.е. (p.n.e.) (пред нашата ера=pred nášata éra)
• Polish: p.n.e. (pl) (przed naszą erą)
• Romanian: î.e.n. (înainte de eră noastră)
• Russian: до н. э. (ru) (do n. e.), до на́шей э́ры (do nášej éry)
• Slovak: pred n. l., p.n.l. (pred naším letopočtom)
• Slovene: pr. n. št. (pred našim štetjem)
• Swedish: f.v.t. (sv), fvt (före vår tideräkning)
• Turkish: MÖ (tr) (milattan önce)

Further reading

• Common Era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CBE, ECB

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.se.ø/

Proper noun

BCE f

1. Initialism of Banque centrale européenne (“European Central Bank”).

Anagrams

• bec

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Irish

Proper noun

BCE m

1. Initialism of Banc Ceannais Eorpach (“European Central Bank”).

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Italian

Alternative forms

• bce

Proper noun

BCE ?

1. Initialism of Banca Centrale Europea (“European Central Bank”).

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Portuguese

Proper noun

BCE m

1. Initialism of Banco Central Europeu (“European Central Bank”)

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Spanish

Proper noun

BCE m

1. Initialism of Banco Central Europeo (“European Central Bank”).