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BBC
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ВВС bbc
English
<dab>
Alternative forms
en B.B.C. dated rare
Pronunciation
en B B 'C
en En-gb-bbc.oga UK
en En-au-BBC.ogg AU
Proper noun
en Q9531 en preceded by “the” en w:British Broadcasting Corporation.
en Auntie Auntie Beeb nickname the Beeb nickname
en This programme was made by the BBC.
en May 6 1998 Douglas Watkinson; et al Death in Disguise Midsomer Murders DCI Tom Barnaby: Who is the new boy, Miss Cuttle?May Cuttle: Christopher Wainwright. Used to work for the BBC, poor soul.
en Sophie Tanno Twitter brands BBC a ‘government funded media’ organization w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/09/media/bbc-twitter-row-intl-gbr 2023-04-09 The BBC is seeking a swift resolution after Twitter branded it as “government funded media.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260210181224/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/09/media/bbc-twitter-row-intl-gbr 10 February 2026
en w:Blades Business Crew: a football hooligan firm linked to Sheffield United F.C.
en Philippines broadcasting historical en w:Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation, a defunct Philippine television network active from 1973 to 1986.
Derived terms
en BBC English
en BBCesque,en BBC-esque
Translations
British Broadcasting Corporation
Amharic: am ቢቢሲ
Arabic: ar بِي بِي سِي m
Bulgarian: bg Би Би Си́ f
Burmese: my ဘီဘီစီ
Czech: cs BBC n
Danish: da BBC
Dutch: nl BBC f
Finnish: fi BBC
French: fr BBC f, fr SBR f rare
German: de BBC f
Greek: el Μπι Μπι Σι
Hindi: hi बीबीसी
Hungarian: hu BBC
Italian: it BBC f, it SBR f rare
Japanese: ja ビー・ビー・シー Bī-Bī-Shī
Khmer: km ប៊ីប៊ីស៊ី bii bii sii
Korean: ko ^비비시
Macedonian: mk Би́-би-си f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb BBC n
Persian: fa بیبیسی bi-bi-si
Polish: pl BBC n
Portuguese: pt BBC f, pt CBR f rare
Romanian: ro BBC f
Russian: ru Би-би-си́ f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Би-би-си m
Latin: sh Bi-bi-si m, sh BBC m
Slovak: sk BBC n
Slovene: sl BBC m
Spanish: es BBC f, es CBR f rare
Swedish: sv BBC
Thai: th บีบีซี bee-bee-see
Turkish: tr BBC
Noun
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en UK en British-born Chinese.
en Q425589 en organic compound uncountable en bromobenzyl cyanide<id:Q425589>.
en sexuality slang vulgar en big black cock.
en 2014 Oxymoron Californication ScHoolboy Q She on my TV screen; I’m talking DVD / British bitches love my cock; I’m talking BBC
en soccer informal en Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward of Real Madrid between 2013 and 2018.
en MSN
en road transport en bumper to back of cab.
en https://books.google.ch/books?id=FKqWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT180 ERF B C, CP & E-Series at Work Patrick W. Dyer Fox Chapel Publishing 9781910456378 1132370958 2015-09-03 180 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
en BWC big white cock
Coordinate terms
(sense 3) en queen of spades
en 3-letter abbreviations
en Organizations Broadcasting Genitalia Sex
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:BBC<t:British Broadcasting Corporation> + 1
Pronunciation
bèbècé +
Proper noun
f
es Corporación Británica de Radiodifusión; en BBC.
es Max Foster, Sharon Braithwaite Suspenden a reconocido presentador de la BBC en medio de acusaciones de pagar por imágenes sexuales explícitas; su esposa hace pública su identidad w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/07/13/huw-edwards-suspenden-presentador-bbc-acusaciones-pago-imagenes-sexuales-explicitas-trax 2023-07-13 Uno de los principales presentadores de noticias del Reino Unido, Huw Edwards, fue identificado por su esposa este miércoles como el presentador de la BBC que fue suspendido luego de acusaciones sobre pagos por imágenes sexualmente explícitas. https://web.archive.org/web/20260214222538/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/07/13/huw-edwards-suspenden-presentador-bbc-acusaciones-pago-imagenes-sexuales-explicitas-trax 14 February 2026
es Broadcasting Organizations