See BY on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From Byelorussia, the former name of Belarus until 1991.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Latn"
},
"expansion": "Latn",
"name": "mul-symbol/script"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"10": "",
"2": "symbol",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "or",
"6": "",
"7": "or",
"8": "",
"9": "or",
"cat2": "",
"f1lang": "en",
"f1nolink": "",
"f2lang": "en",
"f2nolink": "",
"f3lang": "en",
"f3nolink": "",
"f4lang": "en",
"f4nolink": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"head4": "",
"image": "",
"nolinkhead": "",
"sc": "Latn",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "mul-symbol"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "31 12 33 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 10 35 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mul",
"name": "Belarus",
"orig": "mul:Belarus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Belarus since 1992."
],
"id": "en-BY-mul-symbol-3REc8fwg",
"links": [
[
"ISO 3166-1",
"w:ISO 3166-1"
],
[
"alpha-2",
"w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
[
"country code",
"country code#English"
],
[
"Belarus",
"Belarus#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Belarus since 1992."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "BLR"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with ignored alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "31 12 33 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 10 35 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1992."
],
"id": "en-BY-mul-symbol-Cs2qopdk",
"links": [
[
"ISO 3166-1",
"w:ISO 3166-1"
],
[
"alpha-2",
"w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
[
"country code",
"country code#English"
],
[
"Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic",
"Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1992."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "BYS"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Rail transportation",
"orig": "en:Rail transportation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Station codes",
"orig": "en:Station codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "31 12 33 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 10 35 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The station code of Byculla railway station in India."
],
"id": "en-BY-en-name-j3Q1NIxE",
"links": [
[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
],
[
"station code",
"w:station code"
],
[
"Byculla railway station",
"w:Byculla railway station"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rail transport) The station code of Byculla railway station in India."
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From the preposition by.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "BY (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "attribution"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Copyright",
"orig": "en:Copyright",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "31 12 33 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "CC BY"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC-ND"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC-SA"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-SA"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of attribution."
],
"id": "en-BY-en-noun-E6Dpn6r1",
"links": [
[
"copyright",
"copyright"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"attribution",
"attribution#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(copyright law) Abbreviation of attribution."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"copyright",
"intellectual-property",
"law"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "preposition"
},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "by"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative letter-case form of by"
],
"id": "en-BY-zh-prep--~qXaaQs",
"links": [
[
"by",
"by#Chinese"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bai"
},
{
"roman": "baj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бай"
},
{
"ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "preposition"
},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "by"
}
],
"categories": [
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese prepositions",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin prepositions",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative letter-case form of by"
],
"links": [
[
"by",
"by#Chinese"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bai"
},
{
"roman": "baj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бай"
},
{
"ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"English links with redundant alt parameters",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"en:Rail transportation",
"en:Station codes"
],
"glosses": [
"The station code of Byculla railway station in India."
],
"links": [
[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
],
[
"station code",
"w:station code"
],
[
"Byculla railway station",
"w:Byculla railway station"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rail transport) The station code of Byculla railway station in India."
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "CC BY"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC-ND"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-NC-SA"
},
{
"word": "CC BY-SA"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From the preposition by.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "BY (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "attribution"
}
],
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"en:Copyright"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of attribution."
],
"links": [
[
"copyright",
"copyright"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"attribution",
"attribution#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(copyright law) Abbreviation of attribution."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"copyright",
"intellectual-property",
"law"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual symbols",
"Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
"mul:Belarus"
],
"etymology_text": "From Byelorussia, the former name of Belarus until 1991.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Latn"
},
"expansion": "Latn",
"name": "mul-symbol/script"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"10": "",
"2": "symbol",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "or",
"6": "",
"7": "or",
"8": "",
"9": "or",
"cat2": "",
"f1lang": "en",
"f1nolink": "",
"f2lang": "en",
"f2nolink": "",
"f3lang": "en",
"f3nolink": "",
"f4lang": "en",
"f4nolink": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"head4": "",
"image": "",
"nolinkhead": "",
"sc": "Latn",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "BY",
"name": "mul-symbol"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English links with redundant alt parameters",
"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
"glosses": [
"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Belarus since 1992."
],
"links": [
[
"ISO 3166-1",
"w:ISO 3166-1"
],
[
"alpha-2",
"w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
[
"country code",
"country code#English"
],
[
"Belarus",
"Belarus#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Belarus since 1992."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "BLR"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English links with ignored alt parameters",
"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2",
"Translingual terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1992."
],
"links": [
[
"ISO 3166-1",
"w:ISO 3166-1"
],
[
"alpha-2",
"w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
[
"country code",
"country code#English"
],
[
"Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic",
"Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1992."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "BYS"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "BY"
}
Download raw JSONL data for BY meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.