b

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

Translingual

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

Wikipedia

Etymology

Modification of capital letter B by dropping its upper loop, from the 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^(key): /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
• 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^(key): /b/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /biː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• (letter name) Homophones: be, bee, Bea

Letter

b (lower case, upper case 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): 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

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
5. (size) big

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /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) 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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /bo/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

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Italian

Noun

b m, f (invariable)

1. See under B

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Latvian

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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

• IPA^(key): [b]

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Letter

B

b (lower case, upper case B)

1. The third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called bē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Letter

b

1. The second letter of the Malay 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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /beː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/
• Homophone: be

Letter

b

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

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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^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /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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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

b (upper case B)

1. The third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter) IPA^(key): /bə/, /beː/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /bə/

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

1. The second letter of the Slovene alphabet, called b or be and 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

Noun

b m inan (genitive b-ja, nominative plural b-ji)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Declension

Declension of b (masculine inan., soft)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	b	b-ja	b-ji
accusative	b	b-ja	b-je
genitive	b-ja	b-jev	b-jev
dative	b-ju	b-jema	b-jem
locative	b-ju	b-jih	b-jih
instrumental	b-jem	b-jema	b-ji

Synonyms

• bé

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/, /β/̞
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /be/

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /beː/

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