BGM

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

BGM

  1. (rail transport) The station code of Belagavi railway station in India.

Etymology 2

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Alternative forms

  • bgm

Noun

BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)

  1. (music) Initialism of background music.

Usage notes

Occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.).

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Pronunciation

Noun

BGM

  1. (music) background music

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈɡe.ɛm/, [beˈɡe.ɛm]

Noun

BGM (plural BGM-BGM)

  1. (medicine) initialism of bawah garis merah (literally “below the red line”), as extreme value borders are colored by red in Indonesian growth chart.

Japanese

Etymology

From バックグラウンドミュージック, from English background music.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ビージーエム [bìíjííéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiːʑiːe̞mɯ̟]

Noun

BGM(ビージーエム) • (bījīemu) 

  1. (music) initialism of バックグラウンドミュージック (“background music”)

Descendants

  • → English: BGM
  • → Chinese: BGM

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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