BMW

See also: bmw

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German BMW.

Proper noun

BMW

1. A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).
   • 2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2014:

     So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.

Translations

colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW"

• Arabic: بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو m (bī ʔem dabulyū), بِي إِم دَابُلْيُو m (bī ʔem dābulyū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 寶馬 / 宝马 (bou² maa⁵)

  Hokkien: 米奶 (zh-min-nan) (Bí-leng) (Taiwan, informal)

  Mandarin: 寶馬 / 宝马 (zh) (Bǎomǎ)

• Dutch: BMW (nl)
• Estonian: (slang) bemari, bemm
• Finnish: bemari (fi), bemmi
• French: BMW (fr)
• Georgian: ბეემვე (beemve), ბიემდაბლიუ (biemdabliu)
• German: BMW (de) f
• Greek: Μπε-Εμ-Βε (Be-Em-Ve)
• Italian: BMW m or f
• Japanese: ビー・エム・ダブリュー (bī-emu-daburyū)
• Korean: 베엠베 (be-em-be), 비엠더블유 (bi-em-deobeuryu)
• Macedonian: Бе-ем-ве n (Be-em-ve)
• Persian: بموه (bemve)
• Russian: Бэ-Эм-Вэ́ m or f (Bɛ-Em-Vɛ́) (from German), БМВ (ru) (BMV)

Noun

BMW (plural BMWs)

1. A motor car manufactured by this company
2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company

Synonyms

• (slang, car): beamer, beemer, bimmer

Verb

BMW (third-person singular simple present BMWs, present participle BMWing, simple past and past participle BMWed)

1. (slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine.

Etymology 2

Noun

BMW (uncountable)

1. Initialism of biodegradable municipal waste.

Anagrams

• BWM

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German BMW.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ɛm.du.blə.ve/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (Belgium) /be.ɛ.mwe/ ~ /be.e.mwe/
• IPA^(key): (In areas close to Germany) /be.ɛm.ve/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Proper noun

BMW m

1. BMW (car manufacturer)

Noun

BMW f (invariable)

1. a BMW car

   Synonym: BM

Derived terms

• BM

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeː ɛm ˈveː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

BMW

1. BMW; initialism of Bayerische Motoren-Werke (“Bavarian Motor Works”)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German BMW (“Bayerische Motoren-Werke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːjɛɱveː]
• Rhymes: -veː

Proper noun

BMW

1. BMW (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works), a manufacturer of motor vehicles)

Noun

BMW (plural BMW-k)

1. BMW (a motor car manufactured by this company)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	BMW	BMW-k
accusative	BMW-t	BMW-ket
dative	BMW-nek	BMW-knek
instrumental	BMW-vel	BMW-kkel
causal-final	BMW-ért	BMW-kért
translative	BMW-vé	BMW-kké
terminative	BMW-ig	BMW-kig
essive-formal	BMW-ként	BMW-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	BMW-ben	BMW-kben
superessive	BMW-n	BMW-ken
adessive	BMW-nél	BMW-knél
illative	BMW-be	BMW-kbe
sublative	BMW-re	BMW-kre
allative	BMW-hez	BMW-khez
elative	BMW-ből	BMW-kből
delative	BMW-ről	BMW-kről
ablative	BMW-től	BMW-ktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	BMW-é	BMW-ké
non-attributive possessive – plural	BMW-éi	BMW-kéi

Possessive forms of BMW

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	BMW-m	BMW-im
2nd person sing.	BMW-d	BMW-id
3rd person sing.	BMW-je	BMW-i
1st person plural	BMW-nk	BMW-ink
2nd person plural	BMW-tek	BMW-itek
3rd person plural	BMW-jük	BMW-ik

Derived terms

• BMW-s

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German BMW.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˌɛm.meˈvu/^*
• IPA^(key): /biˌɛm.mevˈvu/^*
• IPA^(key): /biˌɛnˈvu/^*

Proper noun

BMW f

1. BMW (car manufacturer)

Noun

BMW m or f(but usually feminine)

1. a BMW car