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B	U+0042,B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B

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]

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Etymology 1

From theEtruscanletter𐌁(b,be),from theAncient GreekletterΒ(B,beta),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤁(b,bet),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓉐.

Letter

B(lower caseb)

The second letter of thebasic modern Latin Alpha bet.

Usage notes

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

See also

(Latin script):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 s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter B):Ḃ ḃ Ḅ ḅ Ḇ ḇ Ƀ ƀ Ɓ ɓ Ƃ ƃ ᵬ ᶀ ʙ Ｂｂ ȸ ℔Ꞗ ꞗ
For more variations, seeAppendix:Variations of "b".
(other scripts)Β(Beta),Б(Be),В(Ve),ב(Beth)

Etymology 2

Symbol

B

Ablood typethat has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with typeAantigen in their blood. They can receive blood from type B or typeO,but cannot receive blood fromABorA.
(chemistry)The chemical elementboron.
Eleven,especially used in thebasemore thanten,such asduodecimal,hexadecimal,vigesimaland so on.
The equivalent numbers of decimal 1611 are duodecimalB23, hexadecimal 64B,vigesimal 40Band so on.
(biochemistry)As anIUPACcode for amino acids,aspartic acidorasparagine.
(physics)Amagnetic flux density.
(linguistics)Awildcardfor alabialconsonant
(linguistics)lowtone(e.g. in French-language text)
(finance)Long-term bond credit ratingbyS&P Global RatingsandFitch Ratings,indicating that a bond is highlyspeculativewith highriskofdefault.
(clothing)Bra cup size.

Gallery

Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions ofB,in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercaseBinFraktur
Binuncialscript

See also

(blood type):fromantigen B
(symbol for boron):abbreviation ofboron
(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:

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Further reading

Bon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

(phoneme)IPA^(key):/b/
(letter name)IPA^(key):/biː/
Audio(UK): (file)
Audio(General Australian): (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’

From theOld EnglishletterB,from 7th century replacement byLatinBof the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛒ(b,beorc).

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb,pluralBsorB's)

The secondletterof the EnglishAlpha bet,calledbeeand written in theLatin script.
- 1943November –1944February (date written; published1945August 17),George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm[…],London:Secker & Warburg,publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:
  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 letterBis sometimes silent, e.g. inclimb,anddebt.

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;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

Number

B(upper case,lower caseb)

Theordinalnumbersecond,derived from thisletterof the EnglishAlpha bet,calledbeeand written in theLatin script.

Etymology 2

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

(billion):abbreviation ofbillion
(cricket):abbreviation ofballs
(bitch):abbreviation ofbitch

Noun

B(usuallyuncountable,pluralBs)

The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
$2.8B―two point eightbilliondollars (i.e., $2,800,000,000)
(British)The grade of pencil, “black”,that makes darker marks than gradeHBbut lighter marks than grade2B;a pencil with softlead.
(chess)Bishop.
(cricket)The number of balls faced by abatsman.
(music)Bass.
(euphemistic,countable)Bitch.
- 2011December 25, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw,Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition,University of Chicago Press,→ISBN,page99:
  [quoting an ethnographer’s account:] He then called me a “dumbB”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 DumbB.”
- 2016May 23, Caron Lipman,Co-habiting with Ghosts: Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny,Routledge,→ISBN,page179:
  And then he looked again and she wasn’t there. So he probably thought, ‘StupidB’. You know.
(chieflyAfrican-American Vernacular,MLE)Abbreviationofbloodandblud:used to address afriend,especially amale.^[1]
Alternative form:b
- 2018October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, inThe Tab‎^[2]:
  You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag oneb,wys? "[.]Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies fle xing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’
(immunology,countable)AB cell.
- 2020May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, inThe Economist‎^[3]:
  Mind yourBsand Ts
  […]And if the combined efforts of macrophages,bcells andtcells are sufficient, the pathogen will be beaten back and eventually cleared from the body.

Symbol

B

(computing)byte

Derived terms

(computing):Bps,B/s
(computing):kB,MB,GB,TB,PB,EB

Translations

SeeB/translations § English.

See also

(computing):b(bit)

Suffix

B

(stenoscript)A suffix ending in-ble,optionallywith apreceding vowel(-ible,-able).

Derived terms

Bl(“-ably”or “-ibly”)

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 Alpha bet

Noun

B(pluralBs)

Apersonalitytype describing people who arerelaxedandeasygoingand able to engage inleisureactivities without worrying about work.
Anacademic grade,better than aCand worse than anA.
Signifies a second-tieror second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as inB-movie,B-list,etc.
The television studio revived some of itsBcharacters for the spinoff.
- 1999,Michael Sauter,The Worst Movies of All Time, Or, What Were They Thinking?,page268:
  The baddest of theBs,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, aBmovie can’t still bounce way off the wall,[…]
The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
(music)The seventh note in theC 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

SeeB/translations § English.

See also

Etymology 4

Possibly a contraction ofBCPL(“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 thatBmight be based onBon(the name of an earlier, but unrelated, programming language that Thompson designed for use onMultics), itself either fromBonnie(the name of Thompson’s wife) or “(according to an encyclopedia quotation in its manual), aftera religion whose rituals involve the murmuring of magic formulas”.^[2]

Proper noun

B

(computer languages)Aprogramming languagefrom whichCis derived.

Further reading

B (programming language)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

^“Bn.⁵”,inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang,Jonathon Green,2016–present
^Dennis M[acAlistair] Ritchie(1993March) “The Development of the C Language”,inACM SIGPLAN Notices,volume28,number 3,→DOI,pages201–208:
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.

Afar

Letter

B

The second letter in the Afar Alpha bet.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Tt,Ss,Ee,Cc,Kk,Xx,Ii,Dd,Qq,Rr,Ff,Gg,Oo,Ll,Mm,Nn,Uu,Ww,Hh,Yy

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

(letter name):IPA^(key):/bɪə/

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the AfrikaansAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)letter;A a,Bb,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

Noun

B(pluralB's,diminutiveB'tjie)

B

Angami

Letter

B

The thirty-firstletterof the AngamiAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)Ü ü,Üi üi,A a,Ai ai,I i,Ie ie,U u,Uo uo,E e,Ei ei,O o,Ou ou,K k,Kh kh,G g,Ng ng,C c,Ch ch,J j,Jh jh,Ny ny,T t,Th th,D d,N n,Ts ts,Tsh tsh,Dz dz,P p,Ph ph,Bb,M m,Pf pf,Bv bv,Y y,Yh yh,R r,Rh rh,L l,Lh lh,F f,V v,W w,Wh wh,S s,Sh sh,Z z,Zh zh,H h

Azerbaijani

Letter

Bupper case(lower caseb)

The secondletterof the AzerbaijaniAlpha bet,written in theLatin 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 caseb)

The secondletterof the BasqueAlpha bet,calledbeand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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

The secondletterof the BlagarAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈbe]

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the CatalanAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin script letters)alfabet català;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,(L·L 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

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

A letter in the German-based Alpha bet of Central Franconian.
A letter in the Dutch-based Alpha bet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Doubling of B and use in the syllable coda

In the German-based spelling,bis 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 betweenbandpmay be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
In the Dutch-based spelling,bis doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ɓ/

Letter

B(lower caseb)

A letter of theMazahuaAlpha bet.

Chinese

Etymology 1

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)
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/pi⁵⁵/

Noun

B

(Mandarin,chieflyInternet slang)Alternative form ofÂm hộ(bī)

Etymology 2

Short forBB(bi^1-4bi¹,“baby”),fromEnglishbaby.

Pronunciation

Cantonese(Jyutping):bi¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping:bi¹
  - Yale:bī
  - Cantonese Pinyin:bi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization:bi¹
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/piː⁵⁵/

Noun

B

(Cantonese)baby(Classifier:Cái／Cáic)
Uy,Liếc Trụ CáiBA![Cantonese,trad.]
Uy,Liếc Trụ CáiBA![Cantonese,simp.]
wai³,tai²zyu⁶go³bi¹aa³![Jyutping]
Hey, look after thebaby!
(Cantonese)Used to call somebody affectionately.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms ofTrẻ con( “baby; infant” )[map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		Anh
Formal(Written Standard Chinese)		Trẻ con,Trẻ mới sinh
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	Trẻ mới sinh nhi
	Taiwan	Trẻ con,Bảo bảo
	Singapore	Trẻ con
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	Oa oa
	Wanrong	Thai oa
	Xuzhou	Tiểu mao oa nhi
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	Nãi oa nhi,Nãi oa tử,Nãi oa oa
	Wuhan	Mao đầu nha,Mao đầu,Mao mao nha,Mao mao,Nha nha
	Guiyang	Nộn oa oa
	Kunming	Tiểu mỗi khi,Tiểu cô nãi nhi
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	Tiểu mao oa,Mao oa,Tiểu bảo bảo
Cantonese	Guangzhou	Tô tôm tử,Tô tôm,𤘅孲 tử,BB tử,BB,A tôm,Tao muội,Nộn muỗi tử
	Hong Kong	BB tử,BB,B,Tô tôm tử,Tô tôm,𤘅孲 tử,Tôm tử
	Macau	BB tử
	Guangzhou(Conghua)	Tô tôm tử
	Taishan	Tép
	Dongguan	Tô tôm tử,BB,BB tử
	Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu)	Tô tôm tử,𤘅孲 tử,BB tử,BB
	Singapore(Guangfu)	Tô tôm
Gan	Nanchang	Mao nha tử
	Lichuan	Mao nha nhãi con
	Pingxiang	Mao mao tử
Hakka	Meixian	孲𤘅 tử,孲𤘅
	Xingning	孲𤘅 lý
	Huidong(Daling)	孲𤘅 tử
	Shaoguan(Qu gian g)	孲𤘅 tử
	Lianshan(Xiaosan gian g)	Nộn tử
	Changting	孲𤘅 tử,Xích trứng tôm
	Wuping	孲𤘅 tử,Xích trứng tôm
	Wuping(Pingyu)	Tôm bọn Tây
	Liancheng	孲𤘅 tử
	Yudu	Nha người tử,Mao nha tử
	Ruijin	孲𤘅 tử,Xích trứng tôm
	Shicheng	Xích nha
	Shangyou(Shexi)	Nha bọn Tây
	Miaoli(N. Sixian)	孲𤘅 tử
	Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian)	孲𤘅 tử
	Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu)	孲𤘅,孲𤘅 tử
	Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu)	孲𤘅
	Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping)	孲𤘅 tử,孲𤘅
	Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an)	A mại,Anh tử
	Hong Kong	孲𤘅 tử
Huizhou	Jixi	Tế muội
Jin	Taiyuan	Tiểu oa nhi
Jin	Xinzhou	Tiểu oa tử
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤘅 tử
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	Nhi Kiển Kiển
Southern Min	Xiamen	Anh tử,Ấu kiển
	Quanzhou	Anh tử,Ấu kiển
	Jin gian g	Ấu kiển
	Yongchun	Anh kiển
	Zhangzhou	Anh tử,Anh ca,Hồng anh tử,Hồng anh,Ấu kiển
	Taipei	Anh tử
	New Taipei(Sanxia)	Hồng anh
	Kaohsiung	Hồng anh tử
	Yilan	Hồng anh tử
	Changhua(Lukang)	Hồng anh tử
	Taichung	Hồng anh tử
	Tainan	Hồng anh tử
	Hsinchu	Hồng anh tử
	Kinmen	Anh tử
	Singapore(Hokkien)	Anh tử,Đuôi mễ,Tế kiển
	Manila(Hokkien)	Anh tử
	Guilin(Biyange)	Mao mao nhãi con
	Shantou	Nô kiển
	Jieyang	Ní ní,A ní,A ní kiển,A nô,Nô,Ủng ai
	Singapore(Teochew)	anak
	Leizhou	Nông
	Haikou	Kiển,Nôngintimate
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan(Sanxiang)	Nha kiển
Southern Pinghua	Nanning(Tingzi)	Oa oa
Wu	Shanghai	Tiểu mao đầu,Nho nhỏ niếp,Mao mao đầu
	Shanghai(Chongming)	Nho nhỏ niếp
	Suzhou	Tiểu mao đầu,Mao mao đầu,Huyết phao phao
	Danyang	Tiểu mao mao,Mao mao
	Hangzhou	Tiểu mao đầu nhi,Tiểu mao đầu,Mao đầu nhi,Mao mao đầu
	Ningbo	Nãi hoa,Tiểu mao đầu,Mao đầu nãi hoa,孲𤘅,Ôm tay
	Wenzhou	Mai nhi,Mai mai nhi
	Jinhua	Vương nam
Xiang	Changsha	Mao mao,Mao mao nó,Mao nó
Xiang	Loudi	Mao mao tức,Mao mao

Compounds

Thấp B(dai¹bi¹)(Cantonese)
Gì B tử(ho⁴bi¹zai²)(Cantonese)
Thấu B／Thấu B(Cantonese)
Đà B(Cantonese)
Dưỡng B／Dưỡng B(Cantonese)

Etymology 3

Cantoneseboi1: Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived fromEnglishboy.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin):bì(bi⁴)

(Zhuyin):ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese(Jyutping):bi¹/ boi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien,POJ):pi

(Teochew,Peng'im):bhi⁵
Wu(Shanghai,Wugniu):¹bi;⁶bi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin:bì
  - Zhuyin:ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin:bì
  - Wade–Giles:pi⁴
  - Yale:bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh:bih
  - Palladius:би(bi)
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping:bi¹/ boi¹
  - Yale:bī/ bōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin:bi¹/ boi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization:bi¹/ boi¹
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/piː⁵⁵/, /pɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Note:boi1 - Hong Kong.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī:pi
  - Tâi-lô:pi
  - Phofsit Daibuun:py
  - IPA(Xiamen):/pi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im:bhi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like:bî
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/bi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern:Shanghai)
  - Wugniu:¹bi;⁶bi
  - MiniDict:bi^Bình;bi^Đi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation(Shanghai):¹bi;³bi
  - SinologicalIPA(Shanghai):/bi⁵³/,/bi²³/

Letter

B

The second letter of the Latin Alpha bet.

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)
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese,official)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin:bê̄
  - Zhuyin:ㄅㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin:bê
  - Wade–Giles:peh¹
  - Yale:bē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh:bè
  - Palladius:бэй(bɛj)
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/pɛ⁵⁵/

Letter

B

The second letter used inPinyin.

Usage notes

《 cách phiên âm Hán ngữ 》 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).

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

B(lower caseb)

Aletterof the ChipewyanAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/beː/

Letter

B

B(the 2nd letter in the Czech Alpha bet)

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)písmeno;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ďď,Ee,Éé,Ěě,Ff,Gg,Hh,Chch,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ňň,Oo,Óó,Pp,Qq,Rr,Řř,Ss,Šš,Tt,Ťť,Uu,Úú,Ůů,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Zz,Žž

Noun

B

(music)Bflat

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/beː/
Audio: (file)

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the DutchAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin script letters)letter;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

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

ᛒ(Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

B(upper caseB,lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the ElfdalianAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the EsperantoAlpha bet,calledboand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin script letters)litero;A a,B b,C c,Ĉ ĉ,D d,E e,F f,G g,Ĝ ĝ,H h,Ĥ ĥ,I i,J j,Ĵ ĵ,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,R r,S s,Ŝ ŝ,T t,U u,Ŭ ŭ,V v,Z z

Estonian

Pronunciation

(letter name,bee):IPA^(key):/ˈb̥eː/,[ˈb̥eː]
(phoneme):IPA^(key):/ˈb̥/,[ˈb̥]

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the EstonianAlpha bet,calledbeeand written in theLatin 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)

Even

Letter

B(lower caseʙ)

(obsolete)A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet.

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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andBfor information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the FinnishAlpha bet,calledbeeand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Derived terms

compounds

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

Abbreviationoflubenter approbatur.
Alternativeletter-caseform ofb(“B flat (musical note)”)

French

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the FrenchAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)lettre;A a(À à,Â â,Æ æ),Bb,C c(Ç ç),D d,E e(É é,È è,Ê ê,Ë ë),F f,G g,H h,I i(Î î,Ï ï),J j,K k,L l,M m,N n(Ñ ñ),O o(Ô ô,Œ œ),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u(Ù ù,Û û,Ü ü),V v,W w,X x,Y y(Ÿ ÿ),Z z

Galician

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the GalicianAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)letra;A a(Á á),Bb,C c,D d,E e(É é),F f,G g,H h,I i(Í í,Ï ï),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 caseb)

The secondletterof the GermanAlpha bet,calledbeand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)Buchstabe;A a(Ä ä),Bb,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

Bn(strong,genitiveB,no plural)

(music)B-flat

Declension

Declension ofB[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 also

H(“B (musical note)”)

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

B(lower caseb)

Aletterof the HeiltsukAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)A a,Á á,A̓a̓,Bb,C c,C̓c̓,D d,Ꟛ ꟛ,G g,Gv gv,Ǧ ǧ,Ǧv ǧv,H h,H̓h̓,Ħ ħ,I i,Í í,I̓i̓,K k,Kv kv,K̓k̓,K̓v k̓v,L l,ʼL l̓,Ḷ ḷ,Ḷ́ḷ́,ʼḶ ḷ̓,Ɫ ɫ,M m,ʼM m̓,Ṃ ṃ,Ṃ́ṃ́,ʼṂ ṃ̓,N n,ʼN n̓,Ṇ ṇ,Ṇ́ṇ́,ʼṆ ṇ̓,P p,P̓p̓,Q q,Qv qv,Q̓q̓,Q̓v q̓v,S s,T t,T̓t̓,Ƛ ƛ,Ƛ̓ƛ̓,U u,Ú ú,U̓u̓,W w,ʼW w̓,X x,Xv xv,X̌x̌,X̌v x̌v,Y y,ʼY y̓,Z z,ʔ

Hungarian

Alternative forms

b(in music)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the HungarianAlpha bet,calledbéand written in theLatin script.
(music)Alternative form ofb(“B-flat,B♭”,the 11th note of the C chromatic scale)

Declension

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 formsofB
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 terms

Compound words

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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):binBárczi, GézaandLászló 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):binBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
binNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára(Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Icelandic

Letter

B(lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the IcelandicAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)bókstafur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Þþ,Ææ,Öö

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/b/

Letter

B(lower caseb)

The secondletterof the IdoAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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 caseb)

The secondletterof the IndonesianAlpha bet,written in theLatin 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

Irish

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the IrishAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)litir;A a(Á á),Bb(Bh bh,bhF bhf,bP bp),C c(Ch ch),D d(Dh dh,dT dt),E e(É é),F f(Fh fh),G g(gC gc,Gh gh),H h,I i(Í í),L l,M m(mB mb,Mh mh),N n(nD nd,nG ng),O o(Ó ó),P p(Ph ph),R r,S s(Sh sh),T t(Th th,tS ts),U u(Ú ú),V v
(diacritics)◌́◌̇
(dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type)Ḃ ḃ,Ċ ċ,Ḋ ḋ,Ḟ ḟ,Ġ ġ,Ṁ ṁ,Ṗ ṗ,Ṡ ẛ ṡ,Ṫ ṫ

Italian

ItalianWikipediahas an article on:

B

Pronunciation

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

Letter

Bform(invariable,upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the ItalianAlpha bet,calledbiand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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 Alpha beton Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Itelmen

Letter

B(lower caseʙ)

(obsolete)A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet.

Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/b/

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the Kalo Finnish RomaniAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.^[1]

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ȟȟ,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Yy,Zz,Žž,Åå,Ää,Öö

References

^Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset”, inLyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi‎^[1](in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus,→ISBN,→ISSN,retrievedFebruary 6, 2022,pages1-2

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin Alpha bet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian Alpha betarticle on Wikipedia for more, andBfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The fourthletterof the KashubianAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)A a,Ą ą,Ã ã,Bb,C c,D d,E e,É é,Ë ë,F f,G g,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,Ł ł,M m,N n,O o,Ò ò,Ó ó,Ô ô,P p,R r,S s,T t,U u,Ù ù,W w,Y y,Z z,Ż ż

Kildin Sami

Letter

B(lower caseʙ)

(obsolete)A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet.

Latin

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

A letter in theLatin Alpha bet,representing the sound /b/

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)A a,Bb,C c,D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,V v,X x,Y y,Z z

Latvian

LatvianWikipediahas an article on:

B

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):[b]
Audio: (file)

Letter

B

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the LatvianAlpha bet,calledbēand written in theLatin script.

See also

Letters of the Latvian Alpha bet:
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

MalayWikipediahas an article on:

B

Pronunciation

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

Letter

B

The secondletterof the MalayAlpha bet,written in theLatin 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

Maltese

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the MalteseAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)ittra;Aa,Bb,Ċċ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Ġġ,Gg,Għgħ,Hh,Ħħ,Ii,Ieie,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Żż,Zz

Navajo

Letter

B(lower caseb)

Aletterof the NavajoAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)A a(Á á,Ą ą,Ą́ą́),Bb,Ch ch,Chʼ chʼ,D d,Dl dl,Dz dz,E e(É é,Ę ę,Ę́ę́),G g,Gh gh,H h,Hw hw,X x,I i(Í í,Į į,Į́į́),J j,K k,Kʼ kʼ,Kw kw,ʼ,L l,Ł ł,M m,N n(Ń ń),O o(Ó ó,Ǫ ǫ,Ǫ́ǫ́),S s,Sh sh,T t,Tʼ tʼ,Tł tł,Tłʼ tłʼ,Ts ts,Tsʼ tsʼ,W w,Y y,Z z,Zh zh

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian BokmålWikipediahas an article on:

B

The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B.

Alternative forms

b

Etymology

FromLatinB,fromEtruscan𐌁(b,be),fromAncient GreekΒ(B,beta),from thePhoenician𐤁(b,bet),from Proto-Canaanite,from Proto-Sinaitic,fromEgyptian𓉐,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 caseb)

The secondletterof the Norwegian BokmålAlpha bet,written in theLatin 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,Æ æ,Ø ø,Å å

Noun

Bm(definite singularB-en,indefinite pluralB-er,definite pluralB-ene)

the letterB,the second letter of theNorwegianAlpha bet
- 1873,Henrik Ibsen,Kærlighedens komedie,page14:
  [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
Denoting the second, or number two, on a scale, order or degree.
B-post,B-lag, blodtypeB,energiklasseB―B-post,B-team, blood typeB,energy classB

øl i klasseB―beer with 0.7–2.75 volume percent alcohol

førerkort klasseB―driving license classB

planB―planB
- 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
the second highestgradein aschooloruniversityusing the A-F scale
få B til eksamen
receive an B on an exam
- 2019,Helene Uri,Stillheten etterpå,page14:
  jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er
  I have good grades. Only A's and B's
(music)the tone h lowered by half a step
B-dur ogB-moll
B majorandB minor

stemt iB―tuned so that a C on the instrument sounds likeBin the normal scale
- 1944,Børre Qvamme,Musikk,pages35–36:
  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
(music)aB-flat(sign indicating that the following note is to be lowered by half a step)
- 1974,Jens Bjørneboe,Haiene,page98:
  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
Abbreviationofbass(“bass”).
(physics)symbol forbel(“bel”)
(chemistry)symbol forbor(“boron”)

References

“B”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
“B”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).
“B (bokstav)”inStore norske leksikon
“B (notasjon)”inStore norske leksikon
“B (tone)”inStore norske leksikon
“B (atomsymbol)”inStore norske leksikon

Anagrams

b

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme):IPA^(key):/b/

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the NupeAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)banki;A a(Á á,À à),Bb,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,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),N n(Ń ń,Ǹ ǹ,N̄n̄),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

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin Alpha bet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthographyarticle on Wikipedia for more, andBfor development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ˈbɛ/

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the PolishAlpha bet,calledbeand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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

Portuguese

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the PortugueseAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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 caseb)

The secondletterof the RomaniAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Xx,Ii,Jj,Kk,Khkh,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Phph,Rr,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,ZzInternational 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/

Etymology 1

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The fourthletterof the RomanianAlpha bet,calledbeorbîand written in theLatin script.

See also

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

B

AbbreviationofBucurești,thecapital cityofRomania.

Saanich

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/pʼ/

Letter

B

The fourthletterof the SaanichAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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,W̱,X,X̱,Y,Z,s,¸

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the Scottish GaelicAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.It is preceded byaand followed byc.Its traditional name isbeith(“birch”).

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)litir;A a(À à),Bb(Bh bh),C c(Ch ch),D d(Dh dh),E e(È è),F f(Fh fh),G g(Gh gh),H h,I i(Ì ì),L l,M m(Mh mh),N n,O o(Ò ò),P p(Ph ph),R r,S s(Sh sh),T t(Th th),U u(Ù ù)
(diacritics)◌̀
(obsolete vowels)Á á É é Ó ó

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin Alpha bet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian languagearticle on Wikipedia for more, andBfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the SilesianAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)A a,Ã ã,Bb,C c,Ć ć,D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,Ł ł,M m,N n,Ń ń,O o,Ŏ ŏ,Ō ō,Ô ô,Õ õ,P p,R r,S s,Ś ś,T t,U u,W w,Y y,Z z,Ź ź,Ż ż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme)IPA^(key):/b/

Letter

B(lower caseb)

The thirdletterof the Skolt SamiAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)bukva;A a,Â 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

SloveneWikipediahas an article on:

B

Etymology

FromGaj's Latin Alpha betB,fromCzechAlpha betB,from theEtruscanletter𐌁(b,be),from theAncient GreekletterΒ(B,beta),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤁(b,bet),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓉐.Pronunciation as/bə/is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGermanB.

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 caseb)

The secondletterof the SloveneAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.
The thirdletterof the SloveneAlpha bet(Resian), written in theLatin script.
The secondletterof the SloveneAlpha bet(Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

Symbol

B

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

Noun

Bminan

The name of theLatin scriptletterB/b.

Inflection

Overall more common

Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal.If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

Derived terms

od A do B

See also

(Latin script letters)A a,B b,C c,Č č,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,R r,S s,Š š,T t,U u,V v,Z z,Ž ž
ʙ

Further reading

“B”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU(in Slovene),2014–2024

Somali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

Bupper case(lower caseb)

The secondletterof the SomaliAlpha bet,calledbaand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

The second letter of theSomaliAlpha bet, which follows theArabic abjadorder. It is preceded by'and followed byT.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)ʼ,Bb,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 caseb)

The secondletterof the SpanishAlpha bet,calledbeand written in theLatin script.

Derived terms

en B

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)letra;A a(Á á),Bb,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

Etymology

Likely from B movies in (sense 2).

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

the second letter of the Swedish Alpha bet

Symbol

B

(SAB)generalandmiscellaneous
Meronyms:Ba,Bb,Bd,Be,Bf,Bg,Bh,Bi,Bk,Bl,Br,Bs,Bt,Bu,Bv
(zoning)Area reserved forbostäder(“residential etc.”).
Holonym:kvartersmark

Adjective

B

indication of being of lesser rank, less successful
Antonym:A
(colloquial)low-quality,shoddy,bad
Dialogen i filmen är rättB
The dialogue in the movie is prettyjanky

Derived terms

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

Noun

B

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

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishB.Each pronunciation has a different source:

Filipino Alpha bet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishB.
Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishB.
Abakada Alpha bet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜊ(ba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key):/ˈbi/[ˈbi](letter name, Filipino Alpha bet)
  - Rhymes:-i
- IPA^(key):/ˈbe/[ˈbɛ](letter name, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes:-e
- IPA^(key):/ˈba/[ˈba](letter name, Abakada Alpha bet)
  - Rhymes:-a
- IPA^(key):/b/[b](phoneme)

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb,Baybayin spellingᜊᜒ)

The secondletterof the TagalogAlpha bet(theFilipino Alpha bet), calledbiand written in theLatin script.
(historical)The secondletterof the TagalogAlpha bet(theAbecedario), calledbeand written in theLatin script.

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb,Baybayin spellingᜊ)

The secondletterof the TagalogAlpha bet(theAbakada Alpha bet), calledbaand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)titik;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,Ñ ñ,Ng ng,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u,V v,W w,X x,Y y,Z z

Further reading

“B”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Tundra Nenets

Letter

B(lower caseʙ)

(obsolete)A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The secondletterof the TurkishAlpha bet,calledbeand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin script letters)harf;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,E e,F f,G g,Ğ ğ,H h,I ı,İ i,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,Ö ö,P p,R r,S s,Ş ş,T t,U u,Ü ü,V v,Y y,Z z

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔɓe˧˧],[ʔɓe˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩],[ʔɓəː˨˩]
(Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔɓej˧˧],[ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˦˩],[ʔɓəː˦˩]
(Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔɓej˧˧],[ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩],[ʔɓəː˨˩]
Phonetic spelling:bê, bê bò, bờ

Letter

B(upper case,lower caseb)

The fourthletterof the VietnameseAlpha bet,calledbê,bê bò,orbờand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Quốc ngữletters)chữ cái;A a(À à,Ả ả,Ã ã,Á á,Ạ ạ),Ă ă(Ằ ằ,Ẳ ẳ,Ẵ ẵ,Ắ ắ,Ặ ặ),Â â(Ầ ầ,Ẩ ẩ,Ẫ ẫ,Ấ ấ,Ậ ậ),Bb,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 caseb)

The secondletterof the WelshAlpha bet,calledbiand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byAand followed byC.

Mutation

B at the beginning of words mutates toFin asoft mutation,toMin anasal mutationand is unchanged byaspirate mutation,for example with the wordBangor(“Bangor”):

Mutated formsofBangor
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.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)llythyren;A a(Á á,À à,Â 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,Î î,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”,inGeiriadur 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 caseb)

The secondletterof the YorubaAlpha bet,calledbíand written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)lẹ́tà;A a(Á á,À à,Ā ā),Bb,D d,E e(É é,È è,Ē ē),Ẹ ẹ(Ẹ́ẹ́,Ẹ̀ẹ̀,Ẹ̄ẹ̄),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,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),N n(Ń ń,Ǹ ǹ,N̄n̄),O o(Ó ó,Ò ò,Ō ō),Ọ ọ(Ọ́ọ́,Ọ̀ọ̀,Ọ̄ọ̄),P p,R r,S s,Ṣ ṣ,T t,U u(Ú ú,Ù ù,Ū ū),W w,Y y
(Benin)(Latin-scriptletters)lɛ́tà;A a,Bb,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 caseb)

The secondletterof the ZuluAlpha bet,written in theLatin script.

See also

(Latin-scriptletters)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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