From theEtruscan 𐌁 ( b ,be ) , from theAncient Greek Β ( B ,beta ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( b ,bet ) , from theEgyptian 𓉐
B (lower case b
The second letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . The letterB b /b/ ).
B
Ablood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with typeA antigen in their blood. They can receive blood from type B or typeO , but cannot receive blood fromAB orA . ( chemistry ) Chemical symbol forboron Eleven , especially used in thebase more thaneleven , such asduodecimal ,hexadecimal ,vigesimal and so on.The equivalent numbers of decimal 1611 are duodecimalB 23, hexadecimal 64B , vigesimal 40B and so on.
( biochemistry ) As anIUPAC code for amino acids, aspartic acid orasparagine .( physics ) magnetic flux density .( linguistics ) wildcard for alabial consonant( linguistics ) tone (e.g. in French-language text)( finance ) Long-term bond credit rating byS&P Global Ratings andFitch Ratings , indicating that a bond is highlyspeculative with highrisk ofdefault .( clothing ) Bra cup size .Symbol forbasement . ( blood type ) : fromantigen B ( symbol for boron ) : abbreviation ofboron ( hexadecimal 11 ) : The eleventh item from thesequence {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}Other representations of B:
The b-rune ᛒ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin ‘B’ From theOld English B Latin B ᛒ ( b ,beorc ) .
B (upper case lower case b plural Bs or B's
The secondletter of the Englishalphabet , calledbee Latin script . 1943 November –1944 February (date written; published1945 August 17),George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm [ … ] Secker & Warburg , publishedMay 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[ …]
In Modern English, the letterB climb 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. (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 B (upper case ,lower case b
Theordinal numbersecond letter of the Englishalphabet , calledbee Latin script . From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
( billion ) : abbreviation ofbillion ( cricket ) : abbreviation ofballs ( bitch ) : abbreviation ofbitch B (usuallyuncountable ,plural Bs
The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.$2.8B ―two point eightbillion dollars (i.e., $2,800,000,000) ( British ) black ”, that makes darker marks than gradeHB but lighter marks than grade2B ; a pencil with softlead .( chess ) Bishop .( cricket ) batsman .( music ) Bass ( euphemistic , countable ) Bitch .2011 December 25, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw,Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition , University of Chicago Press,→ISBN 99 :[quoting an ethnographer’s account:] He then called me a “dumbB ” and hung up the phone. Meredith pauses, looks at Graciela, and says, “Okay, I need you to be as specific as you can, so that means you’re going to have to tell me what he called you, exactly.”[ …] [ …] B .”
2016 May 23, Caron Lipman,Co-habiting with Ghosts: Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny , Routledge,→ISBN 179 :And then he looked again and she wasn’t there. So he probably thought, ‘StupidB ’. You know.
( chiefly African-American Vernacular , MLE ) Abbreviation ofblood blud used to address afriend , especially amale . [ 1] Alternative form: b 2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, inThe Tab [2] You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag oneb , wys?"[ . ]
( immunology , countable ) B cell .2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, inThe Economist [3] Mind yourBs and Ts[ …] b cells andt cells are sufficient, the pathogen will be beaten back and eventually cleared from the body.
B
( computing ) byte B
( Stenoscript ) -ble ,optionally with apreceding vowel (-ible -able From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels.
( 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 alphabetB (plural Bs
Apersonality type describing people who arerelaxed andeasygoing and able to engage inleisure activities without worrying about work. Anacademic grade , better than aC and worse than anA . Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as inB-movie ,B-list , etc. The television studio revived some of itsB characters for the spinoff.
1999 The Worst Movies of All Time, Or, What Were They Thinking? , page268 :The baddest of theBs , then, are a rare, precious mix of jerry-built production values and jazzed-up creative juices. But that’s not to say that even with a budget, aB movie can’t still bounce way off the wall,[ …]
The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A ’, which is the primary part. ( music ) C major scale .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. Possibly a contraction ofBCPL ( “ Basic Combined Programming Language ” ) , the name of a programming language from which B was derived.Dennis Ritchie (a coworker of B’s designer,Ken Thompson ) speculated thatB might be based onBon (the name of an earlier, but unrelated, programming language that Thompson designed for use onMultics ), itself either fromBonnie a religion whose rituals involve the murmuring of magic formulas ”.[ 2]
B
( computer languages ) programming language from whichC is derived. ^ “B n. 5 ”, inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang Jonathon Green , 2016–present ^ Dennis M[acAlistair] Ritchie (1993 March) “The Development of the C Language ”, inACM SIGPLAN Notices , volume28 , number 3,→DOI 201–208 :Its name most probably represents a contraction of BCPL, though an alternate theory holds that it derives from Bon [Thompson 69], an unrelated language created by Thompson during the Multics days. Bon in turn was named either after his wife Bonnie or (according to an encyclopedia quotation in its manual), after a religion whose rituals involve the murmuring of magic formulas.
B
The second letter in the Afar alphabet. ( 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 B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Afrikaansalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 B (plural B's diminutive B'tjie
B B
The thirty-firstletter of the Angamialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) Ü ü ,Üi üi ,A a ,Ai ai ,I i ,Ie ie ,U u ,Uo uo ,E e ,Ei ei ,O o ,Ou ou ,K k ,Kh kh ,G g ,Ng ng ,C c ,Ch ch ,J j ,Jh jh ,Ny ny ,T t ,Th th ,D d ,N n ,Ts ts ,Tsh tsh ,Dz dz ,P p ,Ph ph ,B b ,M m ,Pf pf ,Bv bv ,Y y ,Yh yh ,R r ,Rh rh ,L l ,Lh lh ,F f ,V v ,W w ,Wh wh ,S s ,Sh sh ,Z z ,Zh zh ,H h B upper case (lower case b
The secondletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . (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 B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Basquealphabet , calledbe Latin script . (Latin-script lettersA a ,B b ,C c , (Ç ç ),D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L ,l ,M m ,N n ,Ñ ñ ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u , (Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z B
The secondletter of the Blagaralphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Catalanalphabet , calledbe be alta Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) lletres 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 /b/ is from West Germanic stem-initial*b , in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated*bb .B
A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian. Doubling of B and use in the syllable coda
In the German-based spelling,b is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice betweenb andp may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate. In the Dutch-based spelling,b is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails. B (lower case b
A letter of theMazahua alphabet. B
( Mandarin , chiefly Internet slang ) Alternative form of屄 ( bī ) Short forBB ( bi1-4 bi1 ,“ baby ” ) , fromEnglish baby
B
( Cantonese ) baby (Classifier :個 ／ 个 c 喂 ，睇 住 個 B 啊 ！[Cantonese ,trad. 喂 ，睇 住 个 B 啊 ！[Cantonese ,simp. wai3 , tai2 zyu6 go3 bi1 aa3 ! [Jyutping] Hey, look after thebaby ! ( Cantonese ) Used to call somebody affectionately. Dialectal synonyms of
嬰兒 (“baby; infant”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 嬰 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 嬰兒 嬰孩 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嬰孩兒 Taiwan 嬰兒 寶寶 Singapore 嬰兒 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 娃娃 Wanrong 胎娃 Xuzhou 小毛娃兒 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 奶娃兒 奶娃子 奶娃娃 Wuhan 毛頭伢 毛頭 毛毛伢 毛毛 伢伢 Guiyang 嫩娃娃 Kunming 小每每 小咕奶兒 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 小毛娃 毛娃 小寶寶 Cantonese Guangzhou 蘇蝦仔 蘇蝦 𤘅孲仔 BB仔 BB 阿蝦 臊妹 嫩蚊仔 Hong Kong BB仔 BB B 蘇蝦仔 蘇蝦 𤘅孲仔 蝦仔 Macau BB仔 Guangzhou(Conghua) 蘇蝦仔 Taishan 毛蝦 Kaiping(Chikan) 赤蝦仔 Dongguan 蘇蝦仔 BB BB仔 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 蘇蝦仔 𤘅孲仔 BB仔 BB Singapore(Guangfu) 蘇蝦 Gan Nanchang 毛伢子 Lichuan 毛伢崽 Pingxiang 毛毛仔 Hakka Meixian 孲𤘅仔 孲𤘅 Xingning 孲𤘅哩 Huidong(Daling) 孲𤘅仔 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 孲𤘅子 Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) 嫩仔 Changting 孲𤘅子 赤蝦子 Wuping 孲𤘅子 赤蝦子 Wuping(Pingyu) 蝦毛子 Liancheng 孲𤘅子 Yudu 伢人子 毛伢子 Ruijin 孲𤘅子 赤蝦子 Shicheng 赤伢 Shangyou(Shexi) 伢毛子 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 孲𤘅 孲𤘅仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 孲𤘅 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 孲𤘅仔 孲𤘅 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿佅 嬰仔 Hong Kong 孲𤘅仔 Huizhou Jixi 細妹 Jin Taiyuan 小娃娃 Xinzhou 小娃子 Northern Min Jian'ou 𤘅仔 Eastern Min Fuzhou 兒囝囝 Southern Min Xiamen 嬰仔 幼囝 Quanzhou 嬰仔 幼囝 Jinjiang 幼囝 Yongchun 嬰囝 Zhangzhou 嬰仔 嬰哥 紅嬰仔 紅嬰 幼囝 Taipei 嬰仔 New Taipei(Sanxia) 紅嬰 Kaohsiung 紅嬰仔 Yilan 紅嬰仔 Changhua(Lukang) 紅嬰仔 Taichung 紅嬰仔 Tainan 紅嬰仔 Hsinchu 紅嬰仔 Kinmen 嬰仔 Singapore(Hokkien) 嬰仔 尾咪 細囝 Manila(Hokkien) 嬰仔 Guilin(Biyange) 毛毛崽 Shantou 孥囝 Jieyang 伲伲 阿伲 阿伲囝 阿孥 孥 擁噯 Singapore(Teochew) anak Leizhou 儂 Haikou 囝 儂 intimate Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 丫囝 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 娃娃 Wu Shanghai 小毛頭 小小囡 毛毛頭 Shanghai(Chongming) 小小囡 Suzhou 小毛頭 毛毛頭 血泡泡 Danyang 小毛毛 毛毛 Hangzhou 小毛頭兒 小毛頭 毛頭兒 毛毛頭 Ningbo 奶花 小毛頭 毛頭奶花 孲𤘅 抱手 Wenzhou 娒兒 娒娒兒 Jinhua 王男 Xiang Changsha 毛毛 毛毛它 毛它 Loudi 毛毛唧 毛毛
低B ( dai1 bi1 ) ( Cantonese ) 何B仔 ( ho4 bi1 zai2 ) ( Cantonese ) 湊B / 凑B ( Cantonese ) 陀B ( Cantonese ) 養B / 养B ( Cantonese ) Cantoneseboi1 Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived fromEnglish boy B
The second letter of the Latin alphabet. B
The second letter used inPinyin . 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead. The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English). Initialism ofEnglish beta
B
( fandom slang ) Alternative form of貝塔 / 贝塔 ( bèitǎ ) see: ABO A , and O IPA (key ) : /p/ B (lower case b
Aletter of the Chipewyanalphabet , written in theLatin script . B
B ( the 2nd letter in the Czech alphabet ) ( 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 B
( music ) B flat B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Dutchalphabet , written in theLatin script . (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 B (upper case B lower case b
The thirdletter of the Elfdalianalphabet , written in theLatin script . B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Esperantoalphabet , calledbo Latin script . (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 B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Estonianalphabet , calledbee Latin script . (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 ) B (lower case ʙ
( obsolete ) A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet . The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , andB
B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Finnishalphabet , calledbee Latin script . (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 B
Abbreviation oflubenter approbatur Alternativeletter-case form ofb ( “ B flat (musical note) ” ) B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Frenchalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) lettre A a (À à , â ,Æ æ ),B b ,C c (Ç ç ),D d ,E e (É é ,È è ,Ê ê ,Ë ë ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Î î ,Ï ï ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n (Ñ ñ ),O o (Ô ô ,Œ œ ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ù ù ,Û û ,Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y (Ÿ ÿ ),Z z B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Galicianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 ,Ï ï ),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 ,X x ,Z z B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Germanalphabet , calledbe Latin script . ( 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 B n strong genitive B no plural )
( music ) B-flat Declension ofB [sg-only, neuter, strong ]
B (lower case b
Aletter of the Heiltsukalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Á á ,A̓ a̓ ,B b ,C c ,C̓ c̓ ,D d , ,G g ,Gv gv ,Ǧ ǧ ,Ǧv ǧv ,H h ,H̓ h̓ ,Ħ ħ ,I i ,Í í ,I̓ i̓ ,K k ,Kv kv ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓v k̓v ,L l ,ʼL l̓ ,Ḷ ḷ ,Ḷ́ ḷ́ ,ʼḶ ḷ̓ ,Ɫ ɫ ,M m ,ʼM m̓ ,Ṃ ṃ ,Ṃ́ ṃ́ ,ʼṂ ṃ̓ ,N n ,ʼN n̓ ,Ṇ ṇ ,Ṇ́ ṇ́ ,ʼṆ ṇ̓ ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,Q q ,Qv qv ,Q̓ q̓ ,Q̓v q̓v ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ , ƛ ,̓ ƛ̓ ,U u ,Ú ú ,U̓ u̓ ,W w ,ʼW w̓ ,X x ,Xv xv ,X̌ x̌ ,X̌v x̌v ,Y y ,ʼY y̓ ,Z z ,ʔ B (upper case lower case b
The thirdletter of the Hungarianalphabet , calledbé Latin script . ( music ) Alternative form ofb ( “ B-flat ,B♭ ” ,the 11th note of the C chromatic scale ) ( Latin-script letters) betű A a ,Á á ,B b ,C c ,Cs cs ,D d ,Dz dz ,Dzs dzs ,E e ,É é ,F f ,G g ,Gy gy ,H h ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ly ly ,M m ,N n ,Ny ny ,O o ,Ó ó ,Ö ö ,Ő ő ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,Sz sz ,T t ,Ty ty ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ü ü ,Ű ű ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z ,Zs zs ( the letter and symbol ) : ( 1 ) : b inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN ( in music ) : ( 2 ) : b inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN b in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .B (lower case b
The thirdletter of the Icelandicalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstafur A a Á á B b D d Ð ð E e É é F f G g H h I i Í í J j K k L l M m N n O o Ó ó P p R r S s T t U u Ú ú V v X x Y y Ý ý Þ þ Æ æ Ö ö B (lower case b
The secondletter of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin-script letterslitero 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 From theLatin B ( be ) , from theEtruscan 𐌁 ( b ,be ) , from theAncient Greek Β ( B ,beta ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( b ,bet ) , from theEgyptian 𓉐
B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Indonesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . (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 From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels.
B (plural B -B
( education ) B academic grade , better than aC and worse than anA From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
B (plural B -B
( chemistry ) Initialism ofboron .B black ”, that makes darker marks than gradeHB but lighter marks than grade2B ; a pencil with softlead ( blood type ) : FromB antigen
B
( medicine ) B blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with typeA antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type B or typeO but cannot receive blood fromAB orA B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Irishalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) litir A a (Á á ),B b (Bh bh ,bhF bhf ,bP bp ),C c (Ch ch ),D d (Dh dh ,dT dt ),E e (É é ),F f (Fh fh ),G g (gC gc ,Gh gh ),H h ,I i (Í í ),L l ,M m (mB mb ,Mh mh ),N n (nD nd ,nG ng ),O o (Ó ó ),P p (Ph ph ),R r ,S s (Sh sh ),T t (Th th ,tS ts ),U u (Ú ú ),V v ( diacritics ) ◌́ ◌̇ ( dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type ) Ḃ ḃ ,Ċ ċ ,Ḋ ḋ ,Ḟ ḟ ,Ġ ġ ,Ṁ ṁ ,Ṗ ṗ ,Ṡ ẛ ṡ ,Ṫ ṫ B f or m invariable ,upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Italianalphabet , calledbi Latin script . (Latin-script letterslettera 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 Italian alphabet Wikipedia B (lower case ʙ
( obsolete ) A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet . Kalo Finnish Romani [ edit ] B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Kalo Finnish Romanialphabet , written in theLatin script . [ 1] ( Latin-script letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h Ȟ ȟ 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 Y y Z z Ž ž Å å Ä ä Ö ö ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011 ) “Aakkoset [Alphabet ]”, inLyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani [1] →ISBN →ISSN February 6, 2022 , pages1-2 Borrowed fromTagalog B English B
B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledbi Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) letra 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 Ñ ñ Ng ng O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016 )Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography [5] →ISBN 10-11 The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andB
B (upper case ,lower case b
The fourthletter of the Kashubianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,Ã ã ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,É é ,Ë ë ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ò ò ,Ó ó ,Ô ô ,P p ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,Ù ù ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ż ż B (lower case ʙ
( obsolete ) A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet . B (upper case lower case b
A letter in theLatin alphabet , representing the sound /b/ ( Latin-script letters) A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,V v ,X x ,Y y ,Z z
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs , which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur , and sporadically inCyrillic .
B B (upper case lower case b
The thirdletter of the Latvianalphabet , calledbē Latin script . Letters of the Latvian alphabet: burti A a Ā ā B b C c Č č D d E e Ē ē F f G g Ģ ģ H h I i Ī ī J j K k Ķ ķ L l Ļ ļ M m N n Ņ ņ O o P p R r S s Š š T t U u Ū ū V v Z z Ž ž ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [bi] ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) : [b] ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) : [p̚] B
The secondletter of the Malayalphabet , written in theLatin script . (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 B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Maltesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 B (lower case b
Aletter of the Navajoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á ,Ą ą ,Ą́ ą́ ),B b ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,D d ,Dl dl ,Dz dz ,E e (É é ,Ę ę ,Ę́ ę́ ),G g ,Gh gh ,H h ,Hw hw ,X x ,I i (Í í ,Į į ,Į́ į́ ),J j ,K k ,Kʼ kʼ ,Kw kw ,ʼ ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n (Ń ń ),O o (Ó ó ,Ǫ ǫ ,Ǫ́ ǫ́ ),S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Tł tł ,Tłʼ tłʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Zh zh The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B. FromLatin B Etruscan 𐌁 ( b ,be ) , fromAncient Greek Β ( B ,beta ) , from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( b ,bet ) , from Proto-CanaaniteEgyptian 𓉐
B (lower case b
The secondletter of the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet , written in theLatin script . (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 ,Æ æ ,Ø ø ,Å å B m definite singular B-en indefinite plural B-er definite plural B-ene
the letterB Norwegian alphabet1873 Henrik Ibsen ,Kærlighedens komedie , page14 :[ordet «neste»] skulde ud af verden uden nåde, som b og g af Knudsens grammatik [the word «next»] was to come out of the world without grace, as b and g of Knudsen's grammar Denoting the second, or number two, on a scale, order or degree. B -post,B -lag, blodtypeB , energiklasseB B -post,B -team, blood typeB , energy classB øl i klasseB ―beer with 0.7–2.75 volume percent alcohol førerkort klasseB ―driving license classB planB ―planB 2003 Espen Søbye ,Kathe, alltid vært i Norge :øverst i oppgang b lå den nye presteboligen med åtte rom, hall, entré og kjøkken at the top of entrance b was the new parsonage with eight rooms, hall, entrance and kitchen the second highestgrade in aschool oruniversity using the A-F scalefå B til eksamen receive an B on an exam 2019 Helene Uri ,Stillheten etterpå , page14 :jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er I have good grades. Only A's and B's ( music ) stemt iB ―tuned so that a C on the instrument sounds likeB in the normal scale 1944 Musikk , pages35–36 :enhver tone er mangetydig, fiss er også gess, diss er ess, b er aiss og så videre every tone is ambiguous, fiss is also gess, diss is ace, b is aiss and so on 2000 Hillman Hunter :skotske sekkepiper stemmes i B Scottish bagpipes are tuned in B ( music ) B-flat ( sign indicating that the following note is to be lowered by half a step ) 1974 Jens Bjørneboe ,Haiene , page98 :ingen vil påstå at notebladet med nøkler, kryss og b’er er selve musikken no one will claim that the sheet music with keys, crosses and bs is the music itself Abbreviation ofbass ( “ bass ” ) ( physics ) bel ( “ bel ” ) ( chemistry ) bor ( “ boron ” ) B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Nupealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) banki A a (Á á ,À à ),B b ,C c ,D d ,Dz dz ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,Gb gb ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ),J j ,K k ,Kp kp ,L l ,M m (Ḿ ḿ ,M̀ m̀ ,M̄ m̄ ),N n (Ń ń ,Ǹ ǹ ,N̄ n̄ ),O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,R r ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Ts ts ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ),V v ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Zh zh The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andB
B (upper case ,lower case b
The thirdletter of the Polishalphabet , calledbe Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,B b ,C c ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,Ę ę ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o ,Ó ó ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin-script lettersletra A a (Á á ,À à , â ,à 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 B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Romanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h X x I i J j K k Kh kh L l M m N n O o P p Ph ph R r S s T t Th th U u V v Z z International Standard: (À à ,Ä ä ,Ǎ ǎ ),Ć ć ,Ćh ćh , (È è ,Ë ë ,Ě ě ), (Ì ì ,Ï ï ,Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò ,Ö ö ,Ǒ ǒ ),Rr rr ,Ś ś , (Ù ù ,Ü ü ,Ǔ ǔ ),Ź ź ,Ʒ ʒ ,Q q ,Ç ç ,ϴ θ .Pan-Vlax: Č č ,Čh čh ,Dž dž , (Dź dź ),Ř ř ,Š š , (Ś ś ),Ž ž , (Ź ź )B (upper case lower case b
The fourthletter of the Romanianalphabet , calledbe bî Latin script . (Latin script letters )A a ,Ă ă , 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 B
Abbreviation ofBucurești capital city ofRomania .B
The fourthletter of the Saanichalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 ,¸ B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Scottish Gaelicalphabet , written in theLatin script . It is preceded bya c beith ( “ birch ” ) . ( Latin-script letters) litir A a (À à ),B b (Bh bh ),C c (Ch ch ),D d (Dh dh ),E e (È è ),F f (Fh fh ),G g (Gh gh ),H h ,I i (Ì ì ),L l ,M m (Mh mh ),N n ,O o (Ò ò ),P p (Ph ph ),R r ,S s (Sh sh ),T t (Th th ),U u (Ù ù )( diacritics ) ◌̀ ( obsolete vowels ) Á á É é Ó ó The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andB
B (upper case ,lower case b
The thirdletter of the Silesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ã ã ,B b ,C c ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o ,Ŏ ŏ ,Ō ō ,Ô ô ,Õ õ ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż B (lower case b
The thirdletter of the Skolt Samialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bukva A a , 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 FromGaj's Latin alphabet B Czech B Etruscan 𐌁 ( b ,be ) , from theAncient Greek Β ( B ,beta ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( b ,bet ) , from theEgyptian 𓉐 /bə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGerman B
( phoneme ) :IPA (key ) : /b/ ,[p] ,[b̪] ( letter name ) :IPA (key ) : /bə́/ ,/bèː/ ,/béː/ Audio( letter name, non-tonal ) : (file )
Rhymes:-ə -eː B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Slovenealphabet , written in theLatin script . The thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script . The secondletter of the Slovenealphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script . B
( SNPT , not allowed to be in lower case) Phonetic transcription of soundb̪ B m inan
The name of theLatin script letterB b More common when with a definite adjective Masculine inan., no endings nom. sing. B gen. sing. B singular dual plural nominative B B B accusative B B B genitive B B B dative B B B locative B B B instrumental B B B
(Latin script letters )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 ʙ “B Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 B upper case (lower case b
The secondletter of the Somalialphabet , calledba Latin script . The second letter of theSomali alphabet, which follows theArabic abjad order. It is preceded by' and followed byT .
( 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 B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Spanishalphabet , calledbe Latin script . ( 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 Likely from B movies in (sense 2 ).
B (upper case ,lower case b
the second letter of the Swedish alphabet B
( SAB ) general andmiscellaneous Meronyms: Ba Bb Bd Be Bf Bg Bh Bi Bk Bl Br Bs Bt Bu Bv ( zoning ) bostäder ( “ residential etc. ” ) .Holonym: kvartersmark B
indication of being of lesser rank, less successfulAntonym: A ( colloquial ) low-quality ,shoddy ,bad Dialogen i filmen är rättB The dialogue in the movie is prettyjanky B
an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an ACoordinate terms: A B C D E Borrowed fromSpanish B
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish B Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish B Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜊ ( ba ) . B (upper case lower case b Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ
The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet ), calledbi Latin script . ( historical ) The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario ), calledbe Latin script . B (upper case lower case b Baybayin spelling ᜊ
The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet ), calledba Latin script . (Latin-script letterstitik 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 ,Ñ ñ ,Ng ng ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z “B ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 B (lower case ʙ
( obsolete ) A letter of theUnified Northern Alphabet . B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Turkishalphabet , calledbe Latin script . (Latin script letters )harf A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,I ı ,İ i ,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 ,Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z ( 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, bờB (upper case lower case b
The fourthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet , calledbê bê bò , orbờ Latin script . ( Quốc ngữ ) chữ cái A a (À à ,Ả ả ,à ã ,Á á ,Ạ ạ ),Ă ă (Ằ ằ ,Ẳ ẳ ,Ẵ ẵ ,Ắ ắ ,Ặ ặ ), 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 )B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Welshalphabet , calledbi Latin script . It is preceded byA C Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
( Latin-script letters) llythyren A a (Á á ,À à , â ,Ä ä ),B b ,C c ,Ch ch ,D d ,Dd dd ,E e (É é ,È è ,Ê ê ,Ë ë ),F f ,Ff ff ,G g ,Ng ng ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ,Î î ,Ï ï ),J j ,L l ,Ll ll ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ,Ô ô ,Ö ö ),P p ,Ph ph ,R r ,Rh rh ,S s ,T t ,Th th ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ,Û û ,Ü ü ),W w (Ẃ ẃ ,Ẁ ẁ ,Ŵ ŵ ,Ẅ ẅ ),Y y (Ý ý ,Ỳ ỳ ,Ŷ ŷ ,Ÿ ÿ )R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “B ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies B (upper case lower case b
The secondletter of the Yorubaalphabet , calledbí Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà A a (Á á ,À à ,Ā ā ),B b ,D d ,E e (É é ,È è ,Ē ē ),Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́ ,Ẹ̀ ẹ̀ ,Ẹ̄ ẹ̄ ),F f ,G g ,Gb gb ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ,Ī ī ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m (Ḿ ḿ ,M̀ m̀ ,M̄ m̄ ),N n (Ń ń ,Ǹ ǹ ,N̄ n̄ ),O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ,Ō ō ),Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́ ,Ọ̀ ọ̀ ,Ọ̄ ọ̄ ),P p ,R r ,S s ,Ṣ ṣ ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ,Ū ū ),W w ,Y y ( Benin ) ( Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà A a ,B b ,D d ,E e ,Ɛ ɛ ,F f ,G g ,Gb gb ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,Kp kp ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ɔ ɔ ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y B (upper case ,lower case b
The secondletter of the Zulualphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 
