BCE

Language

See also: B.C.E., BĊE, все, and всё

English

Alternative forms

B.C.E.

Adverb

BCE (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#BCE Category:English adverbs#BCE Category:English uncomparable adverbs#BCE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

(chronology) Initialism of Before (the) Common Era, Before (the) Current Era, or Before (the) Christian EraCategory:English initialisms#BCE.
Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE.
Category:English terms with usage examples#BCE
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: History Codex entry:
  We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BCE
- 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
  The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BCE

Usage notes

Often written in small caps.

Synonyms

BC

Antonyms

CE

Translations

before the common era

Category:Entries with translation boxes#BCE

Albanian: para erës sonëCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BCE
Bulgarian: пр.н.е. (pr.n.e.)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BCE (преди новата ера=pred novata era)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公元前 (zh) (gōngyuán qián)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BCE
Cornish: KOKCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#BCE
Czech: př. n. l. (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#BCE (před naším letopočtem)
Danish: f.v.t.Category:Terms with Danish translations#BCE (før vor tidsregning)
Dutch: onze jaartellingCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BCE, gewone tijdrekeningCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BCE
Finnish: eaa.Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BCE
French: av. n. è. (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BCE (avant notre ère); AEC (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BCE, AÈCCategory:Terms with French translations#BCE, av. è. c. (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BCE (avant l'ère commune)
Georgian: ჩვ. წ.-მდე (čv. c̣.-mde)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BCE, ახ. წ.–მდე (ax. c̣.–mde)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BCE, ჩვენს წელთაღრიცხვამდე (čvens c̣eltaɣricxvamde)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BCE, ახალ წელთაღრიცხვამდე (axal c̣eltaɣricxvamde)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BCE
German: v. u. Z. (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BCE (vor unserer Zeitrechnung); v. d. Z. (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BCE (vor der Zeitrechnung/vor der Zeitenwende)
Greek: π.Κ.Ε. (el) (p.K.E.)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BCE
Hungarian: i. e. (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BCE (időszámításunk előtt)
Italian: a.C. (avanti Cristo)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BCE
Kazakh: б. з. д. (b. z. d.)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BCE (біздің заманымызға дейін)
Korean: 기원전 (紀元前) (ko) (giwonjeon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BCE
Latin: ante aer. vulg. (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BCE, ante aer. comm. (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BCE
Lithuanian: pr. m. e.Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BCE (rieš mūsų erą)
Macedonian: п.н.е. (p.n.e.)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BCE (пред нашата ера=pred nášata éra)
Polish: p.n.e. (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BCE (przed naszą erą), p.Chr.Category:Terms with Polish translations#BCE (przed Chrystusem)
Romanian: î.e.n.Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BCE (înainte de eră noastră)
Russian: до н. э. (do n. e.)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BCE, до на́шей э́ры (do nášej éry)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BCE
Slovak: pred n. l.Category:Terms with Slovak translations#BCE, p.n.l.Category:Terms with Slovak translations#BCE (pred naším letopočtom)
Slovene: pr. n. št.Category:Terms with Slovene translations#BCE (pred našim štetjem)
Spanish: antes de la era comúnCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BCE
Swedish: f.v.t. (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BCE, fvtCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BCE (före vår tideräkning)
Turkish: M.Ö. (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BCE (milattan önce)
Ukrainian: до н. е. (do n. e.)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BCE (до нашої ери)
Vietnamese: TCN (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BCE (trước Công Nguyên, 𠓀公元)

Further reading

Common Era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

CBE, EBC, ECB

Category:en:Calendar#BCE

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.se.ø/Category:French 3-syllable words#BCE Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BCE

Proper noun

BCE fCategory:French lemmas#BCE Category:French proper nouns#BCE Category:French entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:French feminine nouns#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

initialism of Banque centrale européenne (“ECB, European Central Bank”)Category:French initialisms#BCE

Anagrams

bec

Irish

Proper noun

BCE mCategory:Irish lemmas#BCE Category:Irish proper nouns#BCE Category:Irish entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:Irish masculine nouns#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

initialism of Banc Ceannais Eorpach (“ECB, European Central Bank”)Category:Irish initialisms#BCE

Italian

Alternative forms

bce

Proper noun

BCE fCategory:Italian lemmas#BCE Category:Italian proper nouns#BCE Category:Italian uncountable proper nouns#BCE Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:Italian feminine nouns#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

initialism of Banca Centrale Europea (“ECB, European Central Bank”)Category:Italian initialisms#BCE

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of Banco Central EuropeuCategory:Portuguese initialisms#BCE.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe ˈse ˈɛ/Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#BCE

Proper noun

BCE mCategory:Portuguese lemmas#BCE Category:Portuguese proper nouns#BCE Category:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#BCE Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:Portuguese masculine nouns#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

ECB, European Central Bank

Category:pt:European Union#BCE

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

BCE

Proper noun

BCE mCategory:Spanish lemmas#BCE Category:Spanish proper nouns#BCE Category:Spanish uncountable nouns#BCE Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BCE Category:Spanish masculine nouns#BCE Category:Pages with entries#BCE Category:Pages with 6 entries#BCE

initialism of Banco Central Europeo (“ECB, European Central Bank”)Category:Spanish initialisms#BCE

Category:English adverbs Category:English initialisms Category:English lemmas Category:English terms with quotations Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English uncomparable adverbs Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:French 3-syllable words Category:French feminine nouns Category:French initialisms Category:French lemmas Category:French proper nouns Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Irish initialisms Category:Irish lemmas Category:Irish masculine nouns Category:Irish proper nouns Category:Italian feminine nouns Category:Italian initialisms Category:Italian lemmas Category:Italian proper nouns Category:Italian uncountable proper nouns Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:Pages with 6 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Portuguese initialisms Category:Portuguese lemmas Category:Portuguese masculine nouns Category:Portuguese proper nouns Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns Category:Spanish initialisms Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish masculine nouns Category:Spanish proper nouns Category:Spanish uncountable nouns Category:Terms with Albanian translations Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations Category:Terms with Cornish translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Georgian translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Kazakh translations Category:Terms with Korean translations Category:Terms with Latin translations Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations Category:Terms with Macedonian translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Slovak translations Category:Terms with Slovene translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Turkish translations Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:en:Calendar Category:pt:European Union