"BL" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

Etymology: From Japanese BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), from ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), from English boys + love. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|BL|ビーエル}} BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), {{ja-r|ボーイズ ラブ}} ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), {{der|zh|en|boy|boys}} English boys, {{m|en|love}} love Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} BL
  1. boys' love (yaoi media); gay, male homosexuality Wikipedia link: zh:BL (和制英语) Synonyms: 耽美 (dānměi) Coordinate_terms: GL

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} BL (not comparable)
  1. (UK military) Initialism of breechloading. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: breechloading Categories (topical): Military, LGBT
    Sense id: en-BL-en-adj-ouuk51rC Disambiguation of LGBT: 17 30 16 37 Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 19 29 24 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BL
  1. Initialism of British Leyland. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: British Leyland Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-BL-en-name-ZiQAXMX8 Disambiguation of LGBT: 17 30 16 37 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 19 29 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: BLs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun}} BL (plural BLs)
  1. (UK military) Initialism of breechloader. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: breechloader Categories (topical): Military, LGBT
    Sense id: en-BL-en-noun-QBbxakaU Disambiguation of LGBT: 17 30 16 37 Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 19 29 24 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Japanese BL (BL), from ボーイズラブ, from English boy+love. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|BL}} Japanese BL (BL), {{m|ja|ボーイズラブ}} ボーイズラブ, {{der|en|en|boy+love}} English boy+love Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BL (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of boys' love (“yaoi media”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: boys' love (extra: yaoi media) Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, LGBT, Romance fiction
    Sense id: en-BL-en-noun-~~3piG5N Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 12 22 13 52 Disambiguation of LGBT: 17 30 16 37 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 13 16 12 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 19 20 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 19 29 24 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 20 16 21 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [German]

Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} BL
  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Landschaft (canton)
    Sense id: en-BL-de-name-Mu5jwSJI Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [bʲiːe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: BL [canonical] (ruby: BL(ビーエル)), bīeru [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ビーエル}} BL(ビーエル) • (bīeru)
  1. Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ボーイズラブ (extra: bōizu rabu, “boys' love”)

Noun [Korean]

Head templates: {{head|ko|noun}} BL
  1. Initialism of 보이즈 러브 (boijeu reobeu, “boys' love”). Wikipedia link: ko:BL (장르) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: 보이즈 러브 (extra: boijeu reobeu, “boys' love”)

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Latn|sort=}} BL, {{mul-symbol}} BL
  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Barthélemy since 2007. Synonyms: BLM

Inflected forms

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