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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:BBCWikipedia

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /biː biː ˈsiː/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

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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.
   • 2023 April 9, Sophie Tanno, “Twitter brands BBC a ‘government funded media’ organization”, in CNN‎[1]:The BBC is seeking a swift resolution after Twitter branded it as “government funded media.”
   • 2025 September 25, Tom Bennett, “Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing”, in BBC‎[2], archived from the original on 3 October 2025:Prominent Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti told the BBC the closure was a "dangerous move" that meant "imprisoning" people in the West Bank and "depriving them from the only passage out".
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

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• BBC English
• BBCesque

Translations

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Arabic: بِي بِي سِي m (bī bī sī) Bulgarian: Би Би Си́ f (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 Latin: 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

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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, “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[3], 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

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• BWC (“big white cock”)

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• (sense 3) queen of spades

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English BBC (“British Broadcasting Corporation”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˌbeˌbeˈθe/ [ˌbeˌβ̞eˈθe] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA(key): /ˌbeˌbeˈse/ [ˌbeˌβ̞eˈse] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: BBC

Proper noun

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BBC f

1. Corporación Británica de Radiodifusión; BBC.
   • 2023 July 13, 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”, in CNN en Español‎[4]: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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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