BL

See also: bl, bl., .bl, B/L, and B&L

Translingual

Symbol

BL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Barthélemy since 2007.

   Synonym: BLM (alpha-3)

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Proper noun

BL

1. Initialism of British Leyland.

Noun

BL (plural BLs)

1. (UK military) Initialism of breechloader.
   • 1879, War Office, Manual of Siege and Garrison Artillery Exercises, page 37:

     B.L. cartridges have lubricators choked inside the cartridges of 40-pr. and lower natures.

Adjective

BL (not comparable)

1. (UK military) Initialism of breechloading.

Etymology 2

From Japanese BL (BL), from ボーイズラブ, from English boy+love.

Noun

BL (uncountable)

1. Initialism of boys' love (“yaoi media”).

Anagrams

• LB, LαB, lb

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), from ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), from English boys + love.

Noun

BL

1. boys' love (yaoi media); gay, male homosexuality

Synonyms

• 耽美 (dānměi)

Coordinate terms

• GL

German

Proper noun

BL

1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Landschaft (canton)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiːe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

BL(ビーエル) • (bīeru) 

1. Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”).

   Coordinate terms: BL (BL, literally “boys' love”), GL (GL, literally “girls' love”), NL (NL, “heterosexual love”, literally “normal love; nonke love”), TL (TL, literally “teens' love”)

Korean

Noun

BL

1. Initialism of 보이즈 러브 (boijeu reobeu, “boys' love”).