b

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER B
Codepoint	U+0062
a ← Basic Latin → c

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

Translingual

Wikipedia

Etymology

Modification of capital letter B by dropping its upper loop, from Greek letter Β (B, “Beta”).

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

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

Usage notes

The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (IPA: /b/), including Cyrillic б (b, “be”), Zhuyin fuhao ㄅ, and Korean jamo ㅂ (b, “bieup”).

See also

• (Latin script):  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
• (Variations of letter B):  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ḇḇ  Ƀƀ  Ɓɓ  Ƃƃ  ᵬ  ᶀ  ʙ  Ｂｂ  ȸ  ℔
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "b".

Other representations of B:

NATO phonetic: Bravo Morse code: –··· Braille: ⠃ ASL Manual: B

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur

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  uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of bB in uncial script

Pronunciation

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Symbol

Wikipedia

b

1. (IPA) voiced bilabial plosive

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /b/, SAMPA: /b/
• (letter name) IPA: /biː/, SAMPA: /bi:/

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• Audio (UK)

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  Rhymes: -iː

• (letter name) Homophones: be, bee, Bea

Letter

b lowercase (uppercase B)

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

Usage notes

In Modern English, the letter b is silent in several words, including climb, and debt.

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 ^[edit]

Number

b lower case (upper 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

Abbreviation

b

1. Alternative form of b..

Symbol

b

1. (astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system
2. (physics) barn
3. (computing) bit
4. (cricket) bye

Derived terms

• (computing): kb , Mb , Gb , Tb , Pb , Eb
• (computing): bps , b/s
• (cricket): lb

See also

• (astronomy): ℓ (galactic longitude)
• (computing): B (byte)

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Azeri

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

1. The second letter of the Azeri 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 ^[edit]

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /be/

Letter

b lower case (upper 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 ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA: /beː/

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

1. The second letter of the Dutch 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 ^[edit]

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /bo/
• (phoneme): IPA: /b/

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Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

1. The second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called bo or be 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 ^[edit]

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Italian

Noun

b m. and f. inv.

1. See under B

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

1. The second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called bê and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

1. The fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, 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, Şş, Tt, Ţţ, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /b/

Letter

b (Cyrillic spelling б)

1. The 2nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by a and followed by c.

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA: /be/

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

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

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 ^[edit]

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /b/, /β/̞, SAMPA: /b/, /B/̞
• (letter name) IPA: /be/, SAMPA: /be/

Letter

b lower case (upper case B)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) ^[create]

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /b/, SAMPA: /b/
• (letter name) IPA: /beː/, SAMPA: /be:/

Letter

b lower case (upper 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 ^[edit]