Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bnf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: bnf
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Backus-Naur form.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Backus normal form.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?"
"COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen."

Usage

Inflected Forms

BNFs (plural)

Derived Forms

ABNF BNFdom

Questions

What does bnf mean?: Initialism of Backus-Naur form.

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