BD

See also: bd, Bd, Bd., .bd, bd., and b/d

Translingual

Symbol

BD

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Bangladesh.

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English

Etymology 1

Initialisms.

Noun

BD (plural BDs)

1. Initialism of Blu-ray Disc.
2. (education) Initialism of Bachelor of Divinity.
3. (military) Initialism of battledress.
4. (medicine) Initialism of Behçet's disease.
5. (medicine) Initialism of bipolar disorder.
6. (medicine) Initialism of Bowen's disease.
7. Initialism of biographical dictionary.
8. (handbells) Initialism of brush damp.

See also

• (Blu-ray Disc): HD-DVD, DVD, SVCD, VCD, CDDV, LD

Proper noun

BD

1. Initialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970.
2. (Egyptology) Initialism of Book of the Dead.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French [Term?]

Noun

BD (plural BDs)

1. (borrowed) Comics.

Anagrams

• DB

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French

Etymology

Acronym for bande dessinée

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bede/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

BD f (plural BD)

1. comic strip

Synonyms

• bédé

Further reading

• “BD” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Japanese

Etymology

Derived from English Blu-ray Disc.

Noun

BD (katakana ブルーレイ, rōmaji burūrei)

1. Abbreviation of ブルーレイ (burūrei, “Blu-ray Disc”).

   BD (ブルーレイ)付 (つき)

   burūrei-tsuki

   includes Blu-Ray disc