BBC

See also: ВВС

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː biː ˈsiː/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

BBC

1. (preceded by “the”) Initialism of British Broadcasting Corporation.

   Synonyms: Auntie, (nickname) Auntie Beeb, (nickname) the Beeb

   This programme was made by the BBC.

2. Initialism of Blades Business Crew: a football hooligan firm linked to Sheffield United F.C.
3. (Philippines, broadcasting, historical) Initialism of Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation, a defunct Philippine television network active from 1973 to 1986.

Derived terms

• BBC English
• BBCesque

Translations

British Broadcasting Corporation

• Arabic: بِي بِي سِي m (bī bī sī)
• Bulgarian: Би Би Си́ (Bi Bi Sí)
• Burmese: ဘီဘီစီ (bhibhici)
• Czech: BBC (cs) n
• Danish: BBC (da)
• Dutch: BBC (nl) f
• Finnish: BBC (fi)
• French: BBC (fr) f, SBR f (rare)
• German: BBC (de) f
• Greek: Μπι Μπι Σι (Bi Bi Si)
• Hindi: बीबीसी (bībīsī)
• Hungarian: BBC (hu)
• Italian: BBC (it) f, SBR f (rare)
• Japanese: ビー・ビー・シー (Bī-Bī-Shī)
• Khmer: ប៊ីប៊ីស៊ី (bii bii sii)
• Korean: 비비시 (Bibisi)
• Macedonian: Би́-би-си f (Bí-bi-si)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: BBC n

• Persian: بی‌بی‌سی (bi-bi-si)
• Polish: BBC (pl) n
• Portuguese: BBC (pt) f, CBR f (rare)
• Romanian: BBC f
• Russian: Би-би-си́ f (Bi-bi-sí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Би-би-си m

  Roman: Bi-bi-si m, BBC m

• Slovak: BBC (sk) n
• Slovene: BBC m
• Spanish: BBC (es) f, CBR f (rare)
• Swedish: BBC (sv)
• Thai: บีบีซี (bee-bee-see)
• Turkish: BBC (tr)

Noun

BBC (countable and uncountable, plural BBCs)

1. (UK) Initialism of British-born Chinese.
2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Abbreviation of bromobenzyl cyanide.
3. (sexuality, slang, vulgar) Initialism of big black cock.
   • 2014, ScHoolboy Q (lyrics and music), “Californication”, in Oxymoron:

     She on my TV screen; I’m talking DVD / British bitches love my cock; I’m talking BBC

4. (soccer, informal) Initialism of Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward of Real Madrid between 2013 and 2018.

   Coordinate term: MSN

5. (road transport) Initialism of bumper to back of cab.
   • 2015 September 3, Patrick W. Dyer, ERF B C, CP & E-Series at Work‎^[1], Fox Chapel Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 180:

     As the day cab was now longer in its BBC (Bumper to Back of Cab) measurement than the old SP3, ERF had to rethink the cab release mechanism, which used to be at the rear of the day cab and in the seat base of the sleeper.

Coordinate terms

• BWC (“big white cock”)

Coordinate terms

• (sense 3) queen of spades