BD

== Translingual == === Symbol === BD (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bangladesh. Synonym: BGD (alpha-3) == English == === Etymology 1 === Initialisms. ==== Noun ==== BD (countable and uncountable, plural BDs) Initialism of Blu-ray Disc. Initialism of birthday. Initialism of Bachelor of Divinity. Synonym: BDiv (military) Initialism of battledress. (pathology) Initialism of Behçet's disease. (pathology) Initialism of bipolar disorder. (pathology) Initialism of Bowen's disease. Initialism of biographical dictionary. (handbells) Initialism of brush damp. Initialism of business development. (BDSM) Initialism of bondage and discipline. Synonyms: B and D, B & D, B/D (finance) Initialism of broker-dealer. ===== See also ===== (Blu-ray Disc): HD-DVD, DVD, SVCD, VCD, CDDV, LD ==== Proper noun ==== BD Initialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970. (Egyptology) Initialism of Book of the Dead. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French BD. ==== Noun ==== BD (plural BDs) Comics. === Etymology 3 === Initialism of baby dance. ==== Noun ==== BD (plural BDs) (colloquial, originally and chiefly Internet slang) An act of sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception. ===== Usage notes ===== The term is chiefly used in online forums relating to fertility and pregnancy. ==== Verb ==== BD (third-person singular simple present BDs, present participle BDing, simple past and past participle BDed or BD'd) (colloquial, originally and chiefly Internet slang) To have sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception. ===== Usage notes ===== The term is chiefly used in online forums relating to fertility and pregnancy. === References === === Anagrams === DB, D&B == French == === Etymology === Initialism of bande dessinée. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.de/ === Noun === BD f (invariable) comic strip Synonym: bédé === Further reading === “BD”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Japanese == === Etymology === Derived from English Blu-ray Disc. === Noun === BD(ブルーレイ) • (burūrei) abbreviation of ブルーレイ (burūrei, “Blu-ray Disc”) BD(ブルーレイ)付(つき)burūrei-tsukiincludes Blu-Ray disc