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bd

French, noun

bd is spelled B-D (2 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bd is a French noun meaning “abbreviation of boulevard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, BD is a different word: “comic strip”. On this page, bd. is a different word: “abbreviation of boulevard”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boulevard”.

What does bd mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    abbreviation of boulevard

noun

as BD
  1. 1

    femininecomic strip

noun

as bd.
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of boulevard

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bande dessinée.

noun: 1. Blu-ray Disc.

noun: 1. Fille du frère. Nièce fraternelle. On est pour sa BD un FB ou une FZ.

noun: 1. Abréviation de boulevard.

symbol: 1. Symbole du baud.

noun: 1. Boulevard.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bd

  • bᵈ canonical masculine
  • bᵈˢ plural
  • BS masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bd

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bd in French?

bd appears 14 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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