"BMW" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From German BMW. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|BMW}} German BMW Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BMW
  1. a manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)). Categories (topical): Automobiles, Motorcycles, Organizations Translations (colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW"): بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو (bī ʔem dabulyū) [masculine] (Arabic), بِي إِم دَابُلْيُو (bī ʔem dābulyū) [masculine] (Arabic), 米奶 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien, Taiwan, informal] (Chinese), 寶馬 (Chinese Cantonese), 宝马 (bou² maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 寶馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 宝马 (Bǎomǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), BMW (Dutch), bemari [slang] (Estonian), bemm (Estonian), bemari (Finnish), bemmi (Finnish), BMW (French), ბეემვე (beemve) (Georgian), ბიემდაბლიუ (biemdabliu) (Georgian), BMW [feminine] (German), Μπε-Εμ-Βε (Be-Em-Ve) (Greek), ビー・エム・ダブリュー (bī-emu-daburyū) (Japanese), 베엠베 (be-em-be) (Korean), 비엠더블유 (bi-em-deobeuryu) (Korean), Бе-ем-ве (Be-em-ve) [neuter] (Macedonian), بموه (bemve) (Persian), Бэ-Эм-Вэ́ (Bɛ-Em-Vɛ́) (note: from German) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), БМВ (BMV) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-BMW-en-name-gsNGAXP9 Disambiguation of Automobiles: 34 30 33 3 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 33 24 40 3 Disambiguation of Organizations: 65 18 14 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 14 6 3

Noun

Forms: BMWs [plural]
Etymology: From German BMW. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|BMW}} German BMW Head templates: {{en-noun}} BMW (plural BMWs)
  1. A motor car manufactured by this company Categories (topical): Automobiles, Motorcycles Synonyms (car): beamer [slang], beemer [slang], bimmer [slang]
    Sense id: en-BMW-en-noun-5DBRQkqA Disambiguation of Automobiles: 34 30 33 3 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 33 24 40 3 Disambiguation of 'car': 100 0 0
  2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company Categories (topical): Automobiles, Motorcycles
    Sense id: en-BMW-en-noun--6rIAtFp Disambiguation of Automobiles: 34 30 33 3 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 33 24 40 3
  3. (slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: bitch, moan, and whine
    Sense id: en-BMW-en-noun-WWpUzMp1

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "BMW (plural BMWs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A motor car manufactured by this company"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motor car",
          "motor car"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A motorcycle manufactured by this company"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motorcycle",
          "motorcycle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "bitch"
        },
        {
          "word": "moan"
        },
        {
          "word": "and whine"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine."
      ],
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        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch#English"
        ],
        [
          "moan",
          "moan#English"
        ],
        [
          "whine",
          "whine#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine."
      ],
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        "slang"
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    {
      "sense": "car",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "beamer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "car",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "beemer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "car",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "bimmer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "BMW"
  ],
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}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Bí-leng vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "BMW"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "BMW",
  "trace": ""
}

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