B
Translingual
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Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek letter Β (B, “Beta”).
Letter
B (lower case b)
- The second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notes
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 also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter B): Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ḇḇ Ƀƀ Ɓɓ Ƃƃ ᵬ ᶀ ʙ Bb ȸ ℔ Ꞗꞗ
- For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "b".
- (other scripts) Β (B, “Beta”), Б (B, “Be”), В (V, “Ve”), ב (b, “beth”)
Etymology 2
- (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}
Symbol
B
- 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.
- (chemistry) The chemical element boron.
- 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.
- (biochemistry) As an IUPAC code for amino acids, aspartic acid or asparagine.
- (physics) A magnetic flux density.
Gallery
- 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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B in uncial script
See also
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Other representations of B:
Further reading
English
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /biː/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (AU): (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’](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Runic_letter_berkanan.png/50px-Runic_letter_berkanan.png)
Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (B, “beorc”).
Letter
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B (upper case, lower case b, plural Bs or B's)
- The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 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 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 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 case b)
- The ordinal number second, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
- (cricket, balls): abbreviation of balls
- (billion): abbreviation of billion
- (black): abbreviation of black
Noun
B
- (cricket) the number of balls faced by a batsman
- 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)
- (British) The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
- (chess) Bishop
Etymology 3
- (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
Noun
B (plural Bs)
- A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
- An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
- 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 it's B characters for the spinoff.
- Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with A, which is the primary part.
- (music) The seventh note in the C major scale.
See also
Translations
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.
Symbol
B
Derived terms
See also
- (computing): b (bit)
Translations
Proper noun
B
- (computer languages) A programming language from which C is derived.
Afar
Letter
B
- The second letter in the Afar alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y
American Sign Language
Alternative forms
- (thumb unopposed and flat against the radial edge of the palm, used in rapid fingerspelling of words like B-A-B-Y) FlatB
Etymology
![French Sign Language letter b](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/LSF_LettreB.jpg/50px-LSF_LettreB.jpg)
From French Sign Language sign for the letter B.
Production
This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “B” handshape .
Letter
- The letter B
See also
Azerbaijani
Letter
B upper case (lower case b)
- The second letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, 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
Blagar
Letter
B
- The second letter of the Blagar alphabet, written in the Latin 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, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sy sy, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lletra; A a, À à, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, É é, È è, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, Ï ï, J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Chinese
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of B – see 屄 (“vulva or/and vagina; cunt; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 屄). |
Etymology 2
Short for BB (bi1-4 bi1, “baby”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bi1
- Yale: bī
- Cantonese Pinyin: bi1
- Guangdong Romanization: bi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
Synonyms
Czech
Pronunciation
Letter
B
- B (the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž
Noun
B
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called bo and written in the Latin 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
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin 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)
Finnish
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Finnish alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
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
German
Pronunciation
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the German alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), 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 (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
B n (genitive B, no plural)
Declension
See also
- H (“B (musical note)”)
German Sign Language
Etymology
Related to the French Sign Language sign for "B".
Production
This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “B” shape.
Letter
- the letter B
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
B (lower case b)
- The second letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) 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
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
B m or f (lower case b)
- The second letter of the Italian alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) 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
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Latvian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Letter
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Latin_alphabet_Bb.svg/200px-Latin_alphabet_Bb.svg.png)
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called bē and written in the Latin script.
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
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Letter
B
- The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin 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 case b)
- The second letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z
Portuguese
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) 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
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The letter be, the fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet.
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
Saanich
Pronunciation
Letter
B
- The fourth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) 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, ¸
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
B (lower case b)
- The third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) 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
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Slovene alphabet, called b or be and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) čŕka; 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
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
B upper case (lower case b)
- The second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ba and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
The second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows the Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by ' and followed by T.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, 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 case b)
- The second letter of the Spanish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, 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
Turkish
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Turkish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), 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 (Û û), 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 (lower case b)
- The fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called bê, bê bò, or bờ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) 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), B b, 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)
Zulu
Letter
B (upper case, lower case b)
- The second letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
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