Bc

//biːˈsiː//

Synonyms for "bc" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adverb(1 words)
b.c.

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
basso continuo
Adverb(1 words)
bce

Related words (5)

Conjunction(1 words)
bcs
Adverb(1 words)
before christ
Noun(1 words)
bolt circle
Proper Noun(1 words)
british columbia

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

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Translations

69 translations across 48 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • ق. م. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • قَبْلَ الْمِيلَاد adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Armenian

2 entries
  • Ք.ա. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • մ.թ.ա. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Asturian

1 entries
  • edC adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • e.ə. (eramızdan əvvəl) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • да Н. Х. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • да на́шай э́ры adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пр. Хр. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Catalan

1 entries
  • aC adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 主前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • 公元前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 主前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • 公元前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • 紀元前 /纪元前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Danish

1 entries
  • f.Kr. (før Kristus) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Dutch

1 entries
  • v. Chr. (voor Christus) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • a.K. (antaŭ Kristo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Finnish

1 entries
  • eKr. (ennen Kristusta / ennen Kristuksen syntymää) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

French

4 entries
  • av. J.-C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • av. JC (avant Jésus-Christ) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • av. n. è. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • avant notre ère adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ძვ. წ. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

German

1 entries
  • v. Chr. (vor Christus, vor Christo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Greek

1 entries
  • π.Χ. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לפנה״ס adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ई.पू. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • ई॰पू॰ adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • Kr. e. (Krisztus előtt) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • f.Kr. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • SM (Sebelum Masehi) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Italian

1 entries
  • a.C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 紀元前 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ម.គ.ស. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • មុនគ្រិស្តសករាជ adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Korean

1 entries
  • 기원전 adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Latin

2 entries
  • [older] a. Chr. n. / a. C. (ante Christum natum) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • a. C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • п.н.е adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Malay

1 entries
  • SM (Sebelum Masihi) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Maltese

1 entries
  • Q.K. (Qabel Kristu) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Doodaatsaahii tʼah bítséedi adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • kaɓla wakati rilio nuwo (kabla wakati rilio nuwo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • f.Kr. (før Kristi fødsel) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • f.Kr. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Polish

2 entries
  • [obsolete] p.n.Chr. (przed narodzeniem Chrystusa) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • przed Chr. (przed Chrystusem) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • A.C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • a.C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Romanian

1 entries
  • î.Hr. (înainte de Hristos) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Russian

3 entries
  • до Р. Хр. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • до н. э. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • до на́шей э́ры adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • RC (ro Chrìosda) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Spanish

3 entries
  • a. C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • a. de C. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • a. de J. C. (antes de Jesucristo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Swahili

1 entries
  • KK (kabla ya Kristo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Swedish

1 entries
  • f.Kr. (före Kristus) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • U.K. (Una kay Kristo) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Telugu

1 entries
  • క్రీ.పూ. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Turkish

1 entries
  • MÖ (Milattan önce) adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • до Р. Хр. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • до н. е. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • до на́шої е́ри adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • př. Chr. adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Urdu

2 entries
  • قبل از مسیح adv (before Christ — see also BCE)
  • قبلِ مسیح adv (before Christ — see also BCE)

Sample sentences

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Christ was born in 4 BC.

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Newton thought the world had been created in 4000 BC.

Source: tatoeba (926897)

In 508BC, the ruler of Athens, Cleisthenes established ostracism to prevent the appearance of a tyrant.

Source: tatoeba (2693507)

Let H be the base of the perpendicular drawn from point A to the line BC.

Source: tatoeba (2799129)

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