BBC

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː biː ˈsiː/

• Audio (AU):

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Proper noun

BBC

1. (preceded by “the”) Initialism of British Broadcasting Corporation.

   Synonyms: Auntie, (nickname) Auntie Beeb, (nickname) the Beeb

   This programme was made by the BBC.

2. Initialism of Blades Business Crew: a football hooligan firm linked to Sheffield United F.C.

Derived terms

• BBC English
• BBCesque

Translations

British Broadcasting Corporation

• Arabic: بِي بِي سِي m (bī bī sī)
• Bulgarian: Би Би Си́ (Bi Bi Sí)
• Czech: BBC (cs) n
• Danish: BBC
• Dutch: BBC (nl) f
• Finnish: BBC (fi)
• French: BBC (fr) f
• German: BBC f
• Greek: Μπι Μπι Σι (Bi Bi Si)
• Hindi: बीबीसी (bībīsī)
• Hungarian: BBC (hu)
• Italian: BBC (it) f
• Japanese: ビー・ビー・シー (Bī-Bī-Shī)
• Khmer: ប៊ីប៊ីស៊ី (bii bii sii)
• Korean: 비비시 (Bibisi)
• Macedonian: Би́-би-си f (Bí-bi-si)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: BBC n

• Persian: بی‌بی‌سی (bi-bi-si)
• Polish: BBC (pl) n
• Portuguese: BBC (pt) f
• Romanian: BBC f
• Russian: Би-би-си́ f (Bi-bi-sí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Би-би-си m

  Roman: Bi-bi-si m, BBC m

• Slovak: BBC (sk) n
• Slovene: BBC m
• Spanish: BBC (es) f
• Swedish: BBC (sv)
• Thai: บีบีซี (bee-bee-see)
• Turkish: BBC (tr)

Noun

BBC (countable and uncountable, plural BBCs)

1. (UK) Initialism of British-born Chinese.
2. (chemistry, uncountable) Abbreviation of bromobenzyl cyanide.
3. (sexuality, slang, vulgar) Initialism of big black cock.
   • 2014, ScHoolboy Q (lyrics and music), “Californication”, in Oxymoron:

     She on my TV screen; I’m talking DVD / British bitches love my cock; I’m talking BBC