Hb.
French, noun\aʃ.be\
Hb. is spelled H-B (2 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hb. is a French masculine noun meaning “Ob. (oboe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Heure belge”.
What does Hb. mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineOb. (oboe)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Heure belge.
noun: 1. Mine ou crayon de la dureté des mines moyenne.
noun: 1. Belle femme attirante.
noun: 1. Sur une annonce ou une publicité, indication du fait que le contact téléphonique indiqué ne répondra qu'aux heures de bureau.
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 Hb.?
- \aʃ.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hb. in French?
Hb. appears 1.1 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).