Β

See also: β, β̞, and Appendix:Variations of "b"

Β U+0392, Β GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA ← Α [U+0391] Greek and Coptic Γ → [U+0393]

Translingual

Symbol

Β

1. (mathematics) Beta function
2. (regression analysis) symbolizes non-standardized partial slope coefficients.

See also

• Β on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v(ə)/ (Arvanitic)
• IPA^(key): /b(ə)/ (Standard Albanian)

Letter

Β (upper case B, lower case b)

1. The 2nd letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.

Β (V) (upper case Β, lower case β)

1. The 2nd letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Ƃ ƅ, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈
• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Ancient Greek

Letter

Β • (B) (uppercase, lowercase β)

1. The letter beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) Б, В
• (Coptic) Ⲃ
• (Gothic) 𐌱

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Etymology

Derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (b, “beth”) ().

Pronunciation

• In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.

Adjective

Β • (V)

1. Abbreviation of βόρειος (vóreios): northern, northerly

Synonyms

• βόρ. (vór.)

Noun

Β • (V) m

1. N, initialism of βορράς (vorrás, “north”)

   Synonym: βόρ. (vór.)

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek compass points

Letter

Β • (V) (uppercase, lowercase β)

1. The upper case letter beta (βήτα), the second letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

See also

• Β΄
• ͵Β