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BMW

BMW proper noun: a manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)). Also the initialism of biodegradable municipal waste.

bmw: a manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works))
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Proper noun

BMW

  1. A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).
    • So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2014

Noun

BMW (plural BMWs)

  1. A motor car manufactured by this company
    Synonyms:
    beamer, beemer, bimmer
  2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company

Also used as

BMW is also the initialism of biodegradable municipal waste.

BMW is also the initialism of bitch.

BMW is also the initialism of black man working.

BMW meaning in Arabic and Persian

BMW in Arabic

colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW"
بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو bī ʔem dabulyū, بِي إِم دَابُلْيُو bī ʔem dābulyū

BMW in Persian

colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW"
بموه bemve

Synonyms of BMW

Forms of BMW

Noun
pluralBMWs
Verb
third-person singular presentBMWs
present participleBMWing
past participleBMWed
pastBMWed

Origin of BMW

Borrowed from German BMW.

As a pun on the prestigious car brand.

Questions about BMW

What does BMW mean?
BMW means a manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).
What is BMW in Arabic?
BMW in Arabic is بِي إِم دَبُلْيُو (bī ʔem dabulyū), بِي إِم دَابُلْيُو (bī ʔem dābulyū). See BMW meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is BMW?
BMW can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near BMW in the dictionary

  1. BMSs
  2. BMT
  3. BMTH
  4. BMTs
  5. BMV
  6. BMW
  7. BMWed
  8. BMWing
  9. BMWs
  10. BMWW
  11. BMX

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BMW (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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