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See also: B and Appendix:Variations of "b"
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b U+0062, b
LATIN SMALL LETTER B
← a
[U+0061] 		Basic Latin c →
[U+0063]
Character variations

ᵇ U+1D47, ᵇ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL B
← ᵆ
[U+1D46] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵈ →
[U+1D48]
ｂ U+FF42, ｂ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER B
← ａ
[U+FF41] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｃ →
[U+FF43]

Translingual

Etymology

Modification of capital letter B (Approximate form of upper case B when the loop was dropped to form lower case b) by dropping its upper loop, from the Greek letter Β (“Beta”).

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [bɑː, ɑbbɑː] with the sound [b]:(file)
    A voiced 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 is p.

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. The second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  2. Transliterates the Cyrillic letter б.

Symbol

b

  1. (IPA) A voiced bilabial plosive.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᵇ⟩, IPA) [b]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [b]-release (e.g. ⟨ɡᵇ⟩ for [ɡ͡b]), [b]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [b].
  3. (particle physics) A bottom quark.
  4. (music) Alternative form of ♭ (“flat”)

Usage notes

The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (/b/), including Cyrillic б (“be”), Zhuyin fuhao ㄅ, and Korean jamo ㅂ (“bieup”).

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
  • Approximate form of Greek upper case beta, which was the source for both common variants of b in uncial script
    Approximate form of Greek upper case beta, which was the source for both common variants of b in uncial script

See also

Other representations of B:

References

  1. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “b”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Further reading

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/ (see also Pronunciation under Translingual)
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /biː/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (letter name) Rhymes: -iː
  • (letter name) Homophones: be, bee, Bea

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B, plural bs or b's)

  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 sometimes silent, as when final after m, in climb, comb, lamb, limb, tomb, thumb, etc. and in a few other cases, such as debt, doubt and subtle. For some words ending in mb (e.g. limb, numb, thumb), the b was never pronounced and is a modern graphic insertion on the analogy of words like climb, comb and lamb where the b was in fact once pronounced. Likewise, the silent b in words in -bt- is an etymological insertion intended to bring the spelling closer to the Latin etymon; compare the original French words doute (“doubt”), dette (“debt”) and Old French soutil (“subtle”) from which the English words were derived.[1]

See also

Number

b (lower case, upper case B, plural bs or b's)

  1. The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Adjective

b (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of born.
    Alternative form: 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
Translations

See also

  • (astronomy): ℓ (galactic longitude)
  • (computing): B (byte)

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Verb

b

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of be.
    ima prolly b at home tn
    • 2020 February 27, u/Sneasel_, “adding everyone!”, in r/friendsafari‎[1] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 November 2023:
      i am looking for any safari i am trying to fill my dex and it would b rly nice :D especially fire,ice, flying, since i don't a lot of those but everyone is welcome to add me :DD
    • 2021 October 27, @heluvstat, Twitter‎[2] (post), archived from the original on 11 November 2023:
      if u aren't tryna b like this don't hmu
    • 2023 October 27, u/electriccitydrive, “How do I become obsessed with studying”, in r/GetStudying‎[3] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 18 March 2025:
      I wanna b like those girls who study NON STOP and are basically addicted to studying, any tips?
    • 2023 November 6, @1tyreece, X‎[4] (post), archived from the original on 11 November 2023:
      school pizza party pizza b like

References

  1. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “b”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Afar

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [b]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [beː], [bɯː]

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be/, [be̞]

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Dakota

Pronunciation

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. A letter of the Dakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Danish

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

  • IPA(key): /b/, (before a voiceless consonant) /p/
  • Audio:(file)

(letter)

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. The second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called bo and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name, bee): IPA(key): /ˈb̥eː/, [ˈb̥eː]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ˈb̥/, [ˈb̥]

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

  1. The second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

b (genitive b or b', partitive b-d or b'd)

  1. the letter b (the second letter of the Estonian alphabet)
  2. (music) B-flat (note)
    Synonym: si-bemoll

Declension

Declension of b (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative b- b-d
accusative nom.
gen. b-
genitive b-de
partitive b-d b-id
b-sid
illative b-sse b-desse
b-isse
inessive b-s b-des
b-is
elative b-st b-dest
b-ist
allative b-le b-dele
b-ile
adessive b-l b-del
b-il
ablative b-lt b-delt
b-ilt
translative b-ks b-deks
b-iks
terminative b-ni b-deni
essive b-na b-dena
abessive b-ta b-deta
comitative b-ga b-dega

(music):

Declension of b (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative b' b'd
accusative nom.
gen. b'
genitive b'de
partitive b'd b'id
b'sid
illative b'sse b'desse
b'isse
inessive b's b'des
b'is
elative b'st b'dest
b'ist
allative b'le b'dele
b'ile
adessive b'l b'del
b'il
ablative b'lt b'delt
b'ilt
translative b'ks b'deks
b'iks
terminative b'ni b'deni
essive b'na b'dena
abessive b'ta b'deta
comitative b'ga b'dega

References

  • b in Sõnaveeb (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

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p/

Letter

b (lower case, upper case B)

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

See also

Finnish

Etymology 1

    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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and b for information on the development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    b (lower case, upper case B)

    1. The second letter of the Finnish alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
    Usage notes
    • Used only in loanwords.
    See also

    Etymology 2

      German musical notation.

      Noun

      b

      1. (music) B flat
      Usage notes
      • 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 as h.
      Declension
      Inflection of b (Kotus type 18/maa)
      singular plural
      nominative b b:t
      genitive b:n b:iden
      b:itten
      partitive b:tä b:itä
      accusative b
      b:n       		b:t
      inessive b:ssä b:issä
      elative b:stä b:istä
      illative b:hen b:ihin
      adessive b:llä b:illä
      ablative b:ltä b:iltä
      allative b:lle b:ille
      essive b:nä b:inä
      translative b:ksi b:iksi
      abessive b:ttä b:ittä
      instructive – b:in
      comitative – b:ineen
      Derived terms
      compounds

      French

      Pronunciation

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      Fula

      Pronunciation

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      Usage notes

      See also

      German

      Letter

      b n (lower case, upper case B)

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

      See also

      Noun

      b n (strong, genitive b, plural b or bs)

      1. alternative letter-case form of B

      Declension

      Declension of b [neuter, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein das b die b, bs
      genitive eines des b der b, bs
      dative einem dem b den b, bs
      accusative ein das b die b, bs

      Further reading

      • “b”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German)

      Gothic

      Romanization

      b

      1. romanization of 𐌱

      Greek

      Symbol

      b

      1. (phonetics) A voiced bilabial plosive (IPA [b]).[1]

      References

      1. ^ Aρχές φωνητικής μεταγραφής του ΚΕΝΔΙ-ΙΛΝΕ

      Heiltsuk

      Pronunciation

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

      1. The first letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Hungarian

      Pronunciation

      • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈb]
      • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈbeː]
      • Audio:(file)

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

      1. The third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called bé and written in the Latin script.

      Noun

      b

      2. (music) B-flat, B♭ (the 11th note of the C chromatic scale)
        Coordinate terms: cesz, desz, esz, fesz, gesz, asz

      Declension

      Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative b b-k
      accusative b-t b-ket
      dative b-nek b-knek
      instrumental b-vel b-kkel
      causal-final b-ért b-kért
      translative b-vé b-kké
      terminative b-ig b-kig
      essive-formal b-ként b-kként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive b-ben b-kben
      superessive b-n b-ken
      adessive b-nél b-knél
      illative b-be b-kbe
      sublative b-re b-kre
      allative b-hez b-khez
      elative b-ből b-kből
      delative b-ről b-kről
      ablative b-től b-ktől
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		b-é b-ké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		b-éi b-kéi
      Possessive forms of b
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. b-m b-im
      2nd person sing. b-d b-id
      3rd person sing. b-je b-i
      1st person plural b-nk b-ink
      2nd person plural b-tek b-itek
      3rd person plural b-jük b-ik

      Derived terms

      Compound words

      See also

      Further reading

      • (the letter): b in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • (in music: “B-flat”): b in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • (in music, rare): b , synonym of bé (“♭”), defined at bé in Bárczi, Géza and László 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; published a–ez as of 2026).

      Icelandic

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈpjɛː] (letter name)

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      See also

      Ido

      Pronunciation

      • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /b/
      • (letter name) IPA(key): /be/

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      See also

      Indonesian

      Pronunciation

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

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      See also

      Irish

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      See also

      Isoko

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

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

      References

      • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
      • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
      • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

      Italian

      Letter

      b f or m (lower case, upper case B, invariable)

      1. The second letter of the Italian alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script.

      Kalam

      Pronunciation

      • (in isolation) IPA(key): [mbə́]
      • (before a vowel) IPA(key): [mb]
      • (before y) IPA(key): [mbi]
      • (before other consonants) IPA(key): [mbɨ]

      Noun

      b

      1. man
      2. husband

      References

      • Andrew Pawley, Ralph Bulmer, A dictionary of Kalam with ethnographic notes (2011)
      • Bill Palmer, editor (2018), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 64

      Kankanaey

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Tagalog b. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English b.

      Pronunciation

      • (letter) IPA(key): /bi/ [bi̞]
        • Rhymes: -i
      • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/ [b̚]

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

      1. The second letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script.

      See also

      References

      • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[6] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

      Kashubian

      Etymology

      The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and b for development of the glyph itself.

      Letter

      b (lower case, upper case B)

      1. The fourth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Latin

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Egyptian 𓉐
      Undetermined
      Canaanite
      Phoenician 𐤁 (b)der.
      Ancient Greek Β (B)bor.
      Etruscan 𐌁 (b)influ.
      Latin B
      Latin b

        From Ancient Greek Β (B, “beta”), likely through Etruscan.

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

        1. The second letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /b/.

        See also

        Latvian

        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]
        • Audio:(file)

        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

        Livonian

        Pronunciation

        • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

        1. The fifth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        Lushootseed

        Pronunciation

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Luxembourgish

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Malay

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Maltese

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /b/
        • IPA(key): /p/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

        1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        North Frisian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [b] (most dialects)
        • IPA(key): [b̥~p] (Sylt, merges with ⟨p⟩ except at the start of a word or stressed syllable)

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

        1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        Norwegian Bokmål

        The uppercase and lowercase form of the letter B.

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        Modification of the capital letter B by dropping its upper loop, from Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁 (b, “be”), from Ancient Greek Β (B, “beta”), from the Phoenician 𐤁 (b, “bet”), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓉐, representing the plan of a house.

        Pronunciation

        • (letter name): IPA(key): /beː/
        • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -eː
        • Hyphenation: b
        • Homophones: B, be

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Noun

        b m (definite singular b-en, indefinite plural b-er, definite plural b-ene)

        1. the letter b, the second letter of the Norwegian alphabet
        2. (music) the tone h lowered by half a step
          • 1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, pages 35–36:
            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
        3. (music) a flat (sign indicating that the following note is to be lowered by half a step)
          • 1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 98:
            ingen vil påstå at notebladet med nøkler, kryss og b’er er selve musikken
            no one will claim that the sheet music with clefs, sharps and flats is the music itself
        4. (physics) symbol for bar (“bar”)

        References

        • “b” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
        • “b” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

        Norwegian Nynorsk

        Pronunciation

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

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Noun

        b m (definite singular b-en, indefinite plural b-ar, definite plural b-ane)

        1. the letter B
        3. (music) B-flat

        References

        Nupe

        Pronunciation

        • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        See also

        Oromo

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈbɐ/
        • Syllables - ba, Count - 1
          • Audio:(file)

        Letter

        b (lower case, upper case B)

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

        Polish

        Etymology

          The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and b for development of the glyph itself.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ/
          • Audio:(file)

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

          1. The third letter of the Polish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Portuguese

          Pronunciation

          Letter

          b m (lower case, upper case B)

          1. The second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called bê and written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Further reading

          Romani

          Pronunciation

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

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

          See also

          Romanian

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /b/

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

          1. The fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called be or bî and written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Sarikoli

          Pronunciation

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

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

          See also

          Scottish Gaelic

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /p/

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

          1. The second letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by a and followed by c; traditionally named beith (“birch”).

          See also

          Serbo-Croatian

          Pronunciation

          • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B, Cyrillic equivalent б)

          1. The second letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by a and followed by c.

          See also

          Silesian

          Etymology

          The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and b for development of the glyph itself.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /p/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Rhymes: -p
          • Syllabification: b

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

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

          See also

          Skolt Sami

          Pronunciation

          • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/

          Letter

          b (lower case, upper case B)

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

          See also

          Slovak

          Etymology

          Etymology tree
          Egyptian 𓉐
          Undetermined
          Canaanite
          Phoenician 𐤁 (b)der.
          Ancient Greek Β (B)bor.
          Etruscan 𐌁 (b)influ.
          Latin B
          Latin bubor.
          Slovak b

            From Latin b, form of B, from Etruscan 𐌁 (b), from Ancient Greek Β (B, “beta”), from Phoenician 𐤁 (b, “bet/beth”), from Egyptian 𓉐.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /p/, [p]

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. The fourth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Slovene

            Etymology

            From Gay's Latin alphabet b, from Czech alphabet b, from Latin b, modification of capital letter B by dropping its upper loop, which is derived from the Etruscan letter 𐌁 (b, “be”), from the Ancient Greek letter Β (B, “beta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (b, “bet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉐. Pronunciation as /bə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German B.

            Pronunciation

            • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/, [p], [b̪]
            • (letter name): IPA(key): /bə́/, /bèː/, /béː/
            • Audio (letter name, non-tonal):(file)
            • Rhymes: -ə, -eː

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. The second letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
            2. The third letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
            3. The second letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

            Symbol

            b

            1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [b].

            Noun

            b m inan

            1. The name of the Latin script letter B / b.
            2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /b/.

            Declension

            • Overall more common
            Unknown tone or non-tonal
            		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
            Masculine inan., soft o-stem
            nom. sing. b
            gen. sing. b-ja
            singular dual plural
            nominative
            (imenovȃlnik)             		b b-ja b-ji
            genitive
            (rodȋlnik)             		b-ja b-jev b-jev
            dative
            (dajȃlnik)             		b-ju b-jema b-jem
            accusative
            (tožȋlnik)             		b b-ja b-je
            locative
            (mẹ̑stnik)             		b-ju b-jih b-jih
            instrumental
            (orọ̑dnik)             		b-jem b-jema b-ji
            • 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

            Derived terms

            • če si rekel a, reci tudi b
            • ƀ

            See also

            Further reading

            • “b”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

            Slovincian

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /b/
            • Rhymes: -b
            • Syllabification: b

            Particle

            b

            1. alternative form of bë

            Further reading

            Spanish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): (phoneme) /b/ [β̞]
            • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈbe/ [ˈbe]
              • Audio (Spain):(file)
              • Rhymes: -e
              • IPA(key): (common in some countries) /ˌbe ˈlaɾɡa/ [ˌbe ˈlaɾ.ɣ̞a] (be larga)

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

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

            Derived terms

            Swedish

            Pronunciation

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

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

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

            Noun

            b

            1. (slang) abbreviation of brunt (“hashish”)

            See also

            References

            Tagalog

            Etymology 1

            Borrowed from Spanish b. Each pronunciation has a different source:

            • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English b.
            • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish b.
            • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜊ (ba).

            Pronunciation

            • (Standard Tagalog)
              • IPA(key): /ˈbi/ [ˈbɪ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
                • Rhymes: -i
              • IPA(key): /ˈbe/ [ˈbɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
                • Rhymes: -e
              • IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
                • Rhymes: -a
              • IPA(key): /b/ [b] (phoneme)

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. the second letter of the Filipino alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script
            2. the second letter of the Abakada alphabet, called ba and written in the Latin script
            3. (historical) the second letter of the Abecedario, called be and written in the Latin script
            See also

            Etymology 2

            From the Abakada alphabet letter b being pronounced as ba.

            Pronunciation

            Particle

            b (Baybayin spelling ᜊ) (Internet slang, text messaging)

            1. abbreviation of ba (interrogative particle)
              D2 k b?
              R u here?

            Further reading

            • “b”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

            Tsou

            Pronunciation

            • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɓ/

            Letter

            b (no case)

            1. A letter of the Tsou alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            See also

            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

            Turkmen

            Pronunciation

            • (phoneme) IPA(key): /b/

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

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

            See also

            Vietnamese

            Etymology 1

            Pronunciation

            • (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, bờ

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. The fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called bê, bê bò or bờ and written in the Latin script.

            Etymology 2

            Pronoun

            b

            1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) abbreviation of bạn

            See also

            Võro

            Pronunciation

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. A letter of the Võro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            Welsh

            Pronunciation

            • (standard) IPA(key): /biː/
              • (informal) IPA(key): /bə/

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. The second letter of the Welsh alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script; preceded by a and followed by c.

            See also

            Mutation

            Mutated forms of bara
            radical soft nasal aspirate
            bara fara mara unchanged

            Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
            All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

            Further reading

            • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “b”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

            Yele

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /p/ (mb is pronounced [mb])

            Letter

            b (lower case, no upper case)

            1. A letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script; only occurs in the digraph ⟨mb⟩.

            See also

            Yoruba

            Pronunciation

            • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
            • (letter name): IPA(key): /bí/

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

            1. The second letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called bí and written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Zulu

            Letter

            b (lower case, upper case B)

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

            See also

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