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BMW
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bmw
English
Etymology 1
en :bor de:BMW<id:vehicle manufacturer> + 1 1, equivalent to an en w:Bavarian Motor Works 1.
Proper noun
A manufacturer of motor vehicles Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works).
en 2014-02-21 Lawrence Ulrich Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/automobiles/autoreviews/get-your-50000-hatchback-here.html So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220350/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/automobiles/autoreviews/get-your-50000-hatchback-here.html
Translations
colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW"
Arabic: ar بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو m bī ʔem dabulyū, ar بِي إِم دَابُلْيُو m bī ʔem dābulyū
Bulgarian: bg БМВ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 寶馬 bou2 maa5
Hokkien: nan-hbl 米奶 Bí-leng Taiwan informal
Mandarin: cmn 寶馬 Bǎomǎ
Dutch: nl BMW
Estonian: slang et bemari, et bemm
Finnish: fi bemari, fi bemmi
French: fr BMW
Georgian: ka ბეემვე, ka ბიემდაბლიუ
German: de BMW f
Greek: el Μπε-Εμ-Βε
Italian: it BMW m f
Japanese: ja ビー・エム・ダブリュー bī-emu-daburyū
Korean: ko 베-엠-베, ko 비-엠-더블유
Macedonian: mk Бе-ем-ве n
Persian: fa بموه bemve
Polish: pl BMW n
Russian: ru Бэ-Эм-Вэ́ m f from German, ru БМВ
Noun
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A motor car manufactured by this company
A motorcycle manufactured by this company
Synonyms
slang car en beamer, en beemer, en bimmer
Etymology 2
Noun
-
en biodegradable municipal waste.
Etymology 3
Verb
en slang en bitch, moan, and whine.
Etymology 4
As a pun on the prestigious car brand.
Noun
en slang en black man working a successful black male.
en 2023 Curtis R. Johnson Emotions of a Towntaker Poet So for those brothers who are not yet a BMW, stay prayerful and positive until you become a fulltime black man working.
References
Anagrams
en bmw BWM
en Organizations Automobiles Motorcycles
French
Etymology
fr :bor de:BMW
fr de BMW.
Pronunciation
bé-èm-double-vé
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-BMW.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
bé-èm-wé Belgium
bé-èm-vé In areas close to Germany
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-BMW.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-BMW.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-BMW.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
BMW car manufacturer
Noun
f #
a BMW car
fr BM
Derived terms
fr BM
fr Automobiles
German
de :af bayerische<alt:Bayerische> Motoren Werke vehicle manufacturer
Pronunciation
de /ˌbeː ɛm ˈveː/
de De-BMW.ogg
de De-BMW2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
BMW; de w:BMW Bayerische Motoren-Werke Bavarian Motor Works
de Automobiles
Hungarian
hu:
Etymology
hu de BMW Bayerische Motoren-Werke.
Pronunciation
béemvé
hu veː 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
en BMW Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works), a manufacturer of motor vehicles
Noun
-k
en BMW a motor car manufactured by this company
Declension
BMW- eBMW-
Derived terms
hu BMW-s
Italian
Etymology
it :bor de:BMW
it de BMW.
Pronunciation
bi.èmmme.vù
bi.èmmmevvù
bi.èn.vù
Proper noun
f
BMW car manufacturer
Noun
mfit but usually feminine
a BMW car
it Automobiles