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BMW

French, noun/be.ɛm.du.blə.ve/

BMW is spelled B-M-W (3 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). BMW is a French feminine noun meaning “a BMW car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule de la marque BMW”.

What does BMW mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea BMW car

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Véhicule de la marque BMW.

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.

How do you pronounce BMW?

  • /be.ɛm.du.blə.ve/
  • Belgium /be.ɛ.mwe/
  • Belgium /be.e.mwe/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is BMW in French?

BMW appears 7.6 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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