"Beta" meaning in All languages combined

See Beta on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Beta
  1. Clipping of Betamax Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: Betamax
    Sense id: en-Beta-en-name-soXaxIE3 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 31 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 33 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: Betas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Beta (plural Betas)
  1. A member of Generation Beta. Synonyms: Gen Beta, Generation Beta
    Sense id: en-Beta-en-noun-0Wpy2yQO Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 31 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 33 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Beta.ogg , De-Beta2.ogg
Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(s),s}} Beta n (strong, genitive Betas or Beta, plural Betas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(s),s}} Forms: Betas [genitive], Beta [genitive], Betas [plural], strong [table-tags], Beta [nominative, singular], Betas [definite, nominative, plural], Betas [genitive, singular], Beta [genitive, singular], Betas [definite, genitive, plural], Beta [dative, singular], Betas [dative, definite, plural], Beta [accusative, singular], Betas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. beta (Greek letter) Tags: neuter, strong Related terms: Betaspektrum, Betastrahl, Betastrahlung, Betateilchen, Betazerfall

Pronoun [Malay]

Forms: بيتا [Jawi]
Head templates: {{ms-pronoun|j=بيتا}} Beta (Jawi spelling بيتا)
  1. A pronoun which is used by Malay royal sovereigns to refer to themselves.

Proper name [Romanian]

Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Beta.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Béta. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|hu|Béta}} Borrowed from Hungarian Béta Head templates: {{head|ro|proper noun|||||g=f|g2=|head=}} Beta f, {{ro-proper noun|f}} Beta f
  1. a village in Mugeni, Harghita County, Romania Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Harghita County, Romania, Places in Romania, Villages in Harghita County, Romania, Villages in Romania
    Sense id: en-Beta-ro-name-NlSFueK8 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: Latin beta (“beet”) Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la|beta||beet}} Latin beta (“beet”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Beta|nogendercat=1}} Beta f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – beets. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Beta-mul-name-zHtolA3I Categories (other): Taxonomic names (genus), Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 31 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 33 34 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – now Philbostroma, certain grasshoppers. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Beta-mul-name-aMNELBpM Categories (other): Taxonomic names (genus), Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 31 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 33 34 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (genus (beets)): Beta vulgaris (alt: syn. Beta cicla, cultivated sugarbeet) (english: type species), Beta maritima (alt: = Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima), for other species see Beta at Plants of the World Online Related terms: Betta, betacyanin
Hypernyms (genus (beets)): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots (english: clades), Caryophyllales (english: order), Amaranthaceae (english: family), Betoideae (english: subfamily), Beteae (english: tribe) Disambiguation of 'genus (beets)': 53 47 Disambiguation of 'genus (beets)': 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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