Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bfi

/bi.ɛfˈaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: bfi
IPA: /bi.ɛfˈaɪ/

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of brute force and ignorance.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of brute force and ignorance.

Uncountable

phrase

Initialism of brace for impact (“a common warning from United States military units to infer a warning to brace themselves”).

name

Initialism of British Film Institute.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce bfi?: The recorded pronunciation is /bi.ɛfˈaɪ/.
What does bfi mean?: Initialism of brute force and ignorance.

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