"BMW" meaning in English

See BMW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From German BMW. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|BMW}} German BMW Head templates: {{en-prop}} 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 /宝马 (bou² maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 寶馬 /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), BMW [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 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)
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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: 35 29 32 4 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 35 23 39 3 Disambiguation of 'car': 100 0
  2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company Categories (topical): Automobiles, Motorcycles
    Sense id: en-BMW-en-noun--6rIAtFp Disambiguation of Automobiles: 35 29 32 4 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 35 23 39 3

Verb

Forms: BMWs [present, singular, third-person], BMWing [participle, present], BMWed [participle, past], BMWed [past]
Etymology: From German BMW. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|BMW}} German BMW Head templates: {{en-verb}} BMW (third-person singular simple present BMWs, present participle BMWing, simple past and past participle BMWed)
  1. (slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: bitch, moan, and whine
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      "word": "بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bī ʔem dābulyū",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "bou² maa⁵",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "寶馬 /宝马"
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      "word": "米奶"
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      "roman": "Bǎomǎ",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "寶馬 /宝马"
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      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "BMW"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
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      "word": "bemari"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "bemari"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "BMW"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "beemve",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "ბეემვე"
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      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "ბიემდაბლიუ"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "BMW"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Be-Em-Ve",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "Μπε-Εμ-Βε"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
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      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "ビー・エム・ダブリュー"
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      "roman": "be-em-be",
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      "word": "베엠베"
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      "word": "비엠더블유"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised \"BMW\"",
      "word": "بموه"
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      "word": "БМВ"
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