Modification of capital letterB by dropping its upper loop, from the Greek letterΒ ( “ Beta ” ) .
Pronunciation of IPA[bɑː, ɑbbɑː] with the sound[b] : (file )
Avoiced bilabial stop is made with the lips alone, by a complete closure cutting off all exit of breath from the mouth, but with accompanying sonant vibrations of the vocal chords, the current of air necessary to produce this being driven from the lungs into the closed cavity of the mouth.[ 1] The corresponding voiceless stop isp . b (upper case B )
The second letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . b
( IPA ) avoiced bilabial plosive .( superscript⟨ ᵇ ⟩ , IPA ) [b] -onset (prestopping /preocclusion /preplosion ),[b] -release (e.g.⟨ ɡᵇ ⟩ for[ɡ͡b] ),[b] -coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[b] .( physics ) Abottom quark .( music ) Alternative form of♭ ( “ flat ” ) The letterb is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (/b/ ), includingCyrillic б ( “ be ” ) ,Zhuyin fuhao ㄅ , and Korean jamoㅂ ( “ bieup ” ) .
Other representations of B:
b (lower case ,upper case B ,plural bs or b's )
The secondletter of the Englishalphabet , calledbee and written in theLatin script . In Modern English, the letterb is sometimes silent, as when final afterm , inclimb ,lamb ,limb ,tomb ,thumb , and in a few other cases, such asdebt anddoubt . In most of these casesb is a modern graphic insertion, and was never pronounced (in the English forms); seelimb ,thumb ,debt , anddoubt .[ 1]
(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 (lower case ,upper case B )
Theordinal numbersecond , derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet , calledbee and written in theLatin script . b (notcomparable )
Abbreviation ofborn .Alternative form: b. b
( astronomy ) latitude in thegalactic coordinate system ( physics ) barn ( computing ) bit ( cricket ) bye ( size ) big ( astronomy ) : ℓ ( galactic longitude ) ( computing ) : B ( byte ) Abbreviations.
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( Stenoscript ) a single consonant /b/ in a word, or a dominant /b/ in a cluster.( Stenoscript ) the sequence /biː/( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofbe and inflectionsbeing ,been . ( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofby and homophonesbuy ,bye . ( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofbut .b
The secondletter of the Afaralphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 lower case (upper 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Basquealphabet , calledbe and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Catalanalphabet , written in theLatin 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 (upper case B )
A letter of theMazahua alphabet. ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ⱥ ⱥ ,A̱ a̱ ,B b ,C c ,Cꞌ cꞌ ,Cj cj ,Cu cu ,Cꞌu cꞌu ,Cju cju ,Ch ch ,Chꞌ chꞌ ,Chj chj ,D d ,Dy dy ,E e ,Ɇ ɇ ,E̱ e̱ ,G g ,Gu gu ,Hu hu ,ꞌHu ꞌhu ,I i ,I̱ i̱ ,J j ,Jꞌ jꞌ ,Jm jm ,Jn jn ,Jñ jñ ,Ju ju ,Jy jy ,L l ,M m ,Mꞌ mꞌ ,N n ,Nꞌ nꞌ ,Ñ ñ ,Ñꞌ ñꞌ ,O o ,Ø ø ,O̱ o̱ ,P p ,Pj pj ,R r ,S s ,T t ,Tꞌ tꞌ ,Tj tj ,Ts ts ,Tsꞌ tsꞌ ,Tsj tsj ,U u ,Ꞹ ꞹ ,U̱ u̱ ,X x ,Z z ,Zh zh ,ꞌ IPA (key ) : /p/ b (upper case B )
Aletter of the Chipewyanalphabet , written in theLatin script . b (lower case ,upper case B )
The thirdletter of the Czechalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 (uppercase B )
the second letter of the Danish alphabet ( Latin-script letters) bogstav ;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 ,O o (Ó ó ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y (Ý ý ),Z z ,Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ ),Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ ),Å å
b (lower case ,upper 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 ,IJ ij ,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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Esperantoalphabet , calledbo and written in theLatin 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Estonianalphabet , calledbee and written in theLatin 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 (genitive b or b' ,partitive b-d or b'd )
The letterb ( the second letter of the Estonian alphabet ) ( music ) B-flat (note)Synonym: si-bemoll (music):
b inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)“b ”, in[ EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language ] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009 b (upper case B )
The thirdletter of the Faroesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstavur ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,D d ,Ð ð ,E e ,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 ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Æ æ ,Ø ø 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 for information on the development of the glyph itself.
b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Finnishalphabet , calledbee and written in theLatin 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 German musical notation .
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( music ) B flat Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys. Finnish uses the German system;B is written ash . b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Frenchalphabet , written in theLatin script . b (lower case ,upper case B )
The thirdletter of the Fulaalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) karfeeje ;' ,A a ,B b ,Mb mb ,Ɓ ɓ ,C c ,D d ,Nd nd ,Ɗ ɗ ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ng ng ,Ɠ ɠ ,H h ,I i ,J j ,Nj nj ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ŋ ŋ ,Ñ ñ ,Ɲ ɲ ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Ƴ ƴ b
Romanization of𐌱 b (upper 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The thirdletter of the Hungarianalphabet , calledbé and written in theLatin script . ( music ) B-flat ,B♭ ( the 11th note of the C chromatic scale ) Coordinate terms: cesz ,desz ,esz ,fesz ,gesz ,asz ( 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 ,R r ,S s ,Sz sz ,T t ,Ty ty ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ü ü ,Ű ű ,V v ,Z z ,Zs zs .Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y .Commonly used: ch .Also defined: à ë .In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ .B-dúr bé ( the letter ) : 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:“B-flat” ) : 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, rare ) : b , synonym ofbé ( “ ♭ ” ) , defined atbé inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh :A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An 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 ] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .b (upper 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 ( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /b/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /be/ b (upper case B )
The secondletter of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Indonesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) huruf ;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 (lower case ,upper 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 ,lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Italianalphabet , calledbi and written in theLatin script . Borrowed fromTagalog b . Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglish b .
b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledbi and written in theLatin 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] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN , pages10-11 The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andb for development of the glyph itself.
b (lower case ,upper 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 ,upper 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The thirdletter of the Latvianalphabet , calledbē and written in theLatin 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 b (upper case B )
The fifthletter of the Livonianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ ;A a ,Ā ā ,Ä ä ,Ǟ ǟ ,B b ,D d ,D̦ d̦ ,E e ,Ē ē ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,Ī ī ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ļ ļ ,M m ,N n ,Ņ ņ ,O o ,Ō ō ,Ȯ ȯ ,Ȱ ȱ ,Õ õ ,Ȭ ȭ ,P p ,R r ,Ŗ ŗ ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ț ț ,U u ,Ū ū ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž b
The thirdletter of theLushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced bilabial stop. b (lower case ,upper case 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 IPA (key ) : /b/ IPA (key ) : /p/ ( per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent ) b (lower case ,upper 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 (upper 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 IPA (key ) : [b] ( most dialects ) IPA (key ) : [b̥~p] ( Sylt , merges with⟨p ⟩ except at the start of a word or stressed syllable) b (lower case ,upper case B )
Aletter of the North Frisianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( North Frisian letters ) : a ,ä ,å ,ā ,b ,c ,d ,đ ,e ,ē ,f ,g ,h ,i ,j ,k ,l ,m ,n ,o ,ö ,p ,r ,s ,t ,u ,ü ,v ,w (q ,x ,y ,z )The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B. Modification of the capital letterB by dropping its upper loop, fromLatin B , fromEtruscan 𐌁 ( b ,“ be ” ) , fromAncient Greek Β ( B ,“ beta ” ) , from thePhoenician 𐤁 ( b ,“ bet ” ) , from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , fromEgyptian 𓉐 , representing the plan of a house.
b (upper case B )
The secondletter of the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet , written in theLatin script . b m (definite singular b-en ,indefinite plural b-er ,definite plural b-ene )
the letterb , the second letter of theNorwegian alphabet ( music ) the tone h lowered by half a step1944 , Børre Qvamme,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 , Bjørnar Pedersen og Egil Birkeland,Hillman Hunter :skotske sekkepiper stemmes i B Scottish bagpipes are tuned in B ( music ) aB-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 ( physics ) symbol forbar ( “ bar ” ) b m (upper case B ,definite singular b-en ,indefinite plural b-ar ,definite plural b-ane )
The secondletter of the Norwegianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( music ) B-flat b (lower case ,upper 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 for development of the glyph itself.
b (upper case B ,lower case )
The thirdletter of the Polishalphabet , calledbe and written in theLatin 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 (Q q ),R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u (V v ),W w (X x ),Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) letra ;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 (lower case ,upper 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The fourthletter of the Romanianalphabet , calledbe orbî and written in theLatin 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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Scottish Gaelicalphabet , written in theLatin script . It is preceded bya and followed byc . Its traditional name isbeith ( “ 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 b (Cyrillic spelling б )
The secondletter of the Serbo-Croatianalphabet (gajica ), written in theLatin script .
( Latin-script letters) slȍvo ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,Ć ć ,D d ,Dž dž ,Đ đ ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Lj lj ,M m ,N n ,Nj nj ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andb for development of the glyph itself.
b (lower case ,upper 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 (upper 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 b (upper case B )
The fourthletter of the Slovakalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) písmeno ;A a ,Á á ,Ä ä ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,Ď ď ,Dz dz ,Dž dž ,E e ,É é ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ĺ ĺ ,Ľ ľ ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ó ó ,Ô ô ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Ŕ ŕ ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ť ť ,U u ,Ú ú ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Z z ,Ž ž From Gay's Latin alphabetb , fromCzech alphabetb , from Latinb , modification of capital letterB by dropping its upper loop, which is derived from theEtruscan letter𐌁 ( b ,“ be ” ) , from theAncient Greek letterΒ ( B ,“ beta ” ) , derived from thePhoenician letter𐤁 ( b ,“ bet ” ) , from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓉐 . Pronunciation asIPA (key ) : /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 (lower case ,upper 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 ) Phonetic transcription of sound [b ].b m inan
The name of the Latin script letterB /b .( linguistics ) The name of thephoneme /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) 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 ƀ “b ”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 b
Alternative form ofbë IPA (key ) : ( phoneme ) /b/ [β̞] IPA (key ) : ( letter name ) /ˈbe/ [ˈbe] Rhymes:-e IPA (key ) : ( common in some countries ) /ˌbe ˈlaɾɡa/ [ˌbe ˈlaɾ.ɣ̞a] (be larga )b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Spanishalphabet , calledbe and written in theLatin script . b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Swedishalphabet , written in theLatin script . b
( slang ) Abbreviation ofbrunt ( “ hashish ” ) .Borrowed fromSpanish b . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish b . Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish b . Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜊ ( ba ) . b (lower case ,upper case B ,Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ )
The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet ), calledbi and written in theLatin script . ( historical ) The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario ), calledbe and written in theLatin script . b (lower case ,upper case B ,Baybayin spelling ᜊ )
The secondletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet ), calledba and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) titik ;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 From the Abakada alphabet letterb being pronounced asba .
b (Baybayin spelling ᜊ )( Internet slang , text messaging )
Abbreviation ofba ( interrogative particle ) “b ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Turkishalphabet , calledbe and written in theLatin script . ( 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
b (upper case B )
The secondletter of the Turkmenalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) harp ;A a ,B b ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,Ä ä ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,Ž ž ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u ,Ü ü ,W w ,Y y ,Ý ý ,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 (lower case ,upper case B )
The fourthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet , calledbê ,bê bò , orbờ and written in theLatin script . b
( slang , Internet , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofbạn .( Quốc ngữ letters) 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 (uppercase B )
Theletter of the Võroalphabet , written in theLatin script . b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Welshalphabet , calledbi and written in theLatin script . It is preceded bya and followed byc . Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
( 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 IPA (key ) : /p/ (mb is pronounced[mb] )b
A letter of theYele alphabet. Only occurs in the digraph⟨ mb ⟩ . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,â ,b ,Ch ch ,D d ,e ,é ,ê ,Gh gh ,i ,î ,j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,o ,ó ,P p ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,Y y ,꞉ b (lower case ,upper case B )
The secondletter of the Yorubaalphabet , calledbí and written in theLatin 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 (lower case ,upper 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