FBI

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

FBI

1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2. (British) Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
3. (Australia, weather, firefighting) fire behaviour index

Derived terms

(Federal Bureau of Investigation):

• CBI (California Bureau of Investigation)
• GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation)

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِف بِي أَي (ʔif bī ʔay)
• → Bulgarian: ФБР (FBR)
• → Dutch: FBI
• → French: FBI
• → Galician: FBI
• → Hindi: एफ़ बी आई (ef bī āī)
• → Indonesian: FBI
• → Japanese: エフ・ビー・アイ
• → Marathi: एफ्.बी.आय्. (eph.bī.āy.)
• → Persian: اف‌بی‌آی
• → Portuguese: FBI
• → Romanian: FBI
• → Russian: ФБР (FBR)
• → Thai: เอฟบีไอ

Translations

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Arabic: إِف بِي أَي m (ʔif bī ʔay)
• Armenian: ՀԴԲ (HDB)
• Bulgarian: ФБР n (FBR)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聯邦調查局／联邦调查局 (zh) (liánbāng diàochájú)

• Dutch: FBI (nl) m
• French: FBI (fr) m
• Galician: FBI m
• German: FBI (de) m or n
• Hindi: एफ़ बी आई (ef bī āī)
• Indonesian: FBI
• Japanese: エフ・ビー・アイ (efu-bī-ai), 連邦捜査局 (れんぽうそうさきょく, renpō sōsakyoku)
• Korean: 연방수사국 (yeonbangsusaguk)
• Macedonian: Еф-би-ај n (Ef-bi-aj), Федерално истражно биро n (Federalno istražno biro)
• Marathi: एफ्.बी.आय्. (eph.bī.āy.)
• Mongolian: ХМТ (XMT), Холбооны мөрдөх товчоо (Xolboony mördöx tovčoo)
• Navajo: Wááshindoon bisiláo nidaʼałkaahígíí
• Persian: اف‌بی‌آی (ef-bi-ây)
• Portuguese: FBI (pt) m
• Romanian: FBI
• Russian: ФБР (ru) n (FBR), Федера́льное бюро́ рассле́дований n (Federálʹnoje bjuró rasslédovanij)
• Spanish: FBI (es) m
• Thai: เอฟบีไอ

See also

• Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

FBI

1. Fixed-bit index.
2. (US, humorous) Female body inspector.
   • 2013, Jeffery Self, Straight People: A Spotter's Guide to the Fascinating World of Heterosexuals‎^[1], Running Press, →ISBN:

     Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Female Body Inspector.

Anagrams

• BFI, BIF, FIB, IBF, bif, fib

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛf.bi.aj/

Proper noun

FBI m

1. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛfbiˈaɪ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

das/der FBI n or (rare) m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des FBI or des FBIs)

1. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English FBI.

Proper noun

FBI(エフビーアイ) or FBI(エフ・ビー・アイ) • (Efubīai or Efu Bī Ai) 

1. Synonym of 連邦捜査局 (Renpō Sōsakyoku, “Federal Bureau of Investigation”); the FBI
   • 2020, “るるちゃんの自(じ)殺(さつ)配(はい)信(しん) (Ruru-chan no jisatsu haishin) [Ruru-chan's Suicide Livestream]”, in の子(こ) (Noko) (lyrics), 児(じ)童(どう)カルテ (Jidō karute), performed by 神(しん)聖(せい)かまってちゃん (Shinsei Kamatte-chan) [Shinsei Kamattechan]:

     F(エフ)B(ビー)I(アイ)に聞(き)いたって分(わ)かんない
     彼(かの)女(じょ)のメッセージ

     efubīai ni kītatte wakannai
     kanojo no messēji

     You won't get her message
     even if you ask the FBI