Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (B), “‘beorc’”).
B (upper case, lower case b, plural Bs)
In Modern English, the letter B is sometimes silent, e.g. in climb, and debt.
Apostrophes are sometimes used to form plurals of single upper case letters, especially at the start of a sentence:
Usually, though, the apostrophe is avoided when there is no risk of confusion:
B
Singular |
Plural |
B (plural Bs)
Apostrophes are sometimes used to form plurals of single upper case letters, especially at the start of a sentence:
Usually, though, the apostrophe is avoided when there is no risk of confusion:
From French Sign Language sign for the letter B.
This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
(Stokoe B)
B
B (capital, lowercase b)
B (upper case, lower case b)
B
B m. and f. inv.
B (upper case, lower case b)
B (capital, lowercase b)
B (upper case, lower case b)