FBI

See also: F.B.I.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

FBI

(US, law enforcement) Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Alternative form: F.B.I.
- 2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 36:
  For a while, nearly every girl at school on whom I had a crush had a father in the FBI.
- 2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data.
(UK) Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
(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 (Efu Bī Ai)
→ Marathi: एफ्.बी.आय्. (eph.bī.āy.)
→ Persian: اف‌بی‌آی
→ Portuguese: FBI
→ Romanian: FBI
→ Russian: ФБР (FBR)
→ Spanish: FBI
→ 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

Noun

FBI

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English FBI (“Federal Bureau of Investigation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛf.bi.aj/

Proper noun

FBI m

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English FBI (“Federal Bureau of Investigation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɛfbiˈaɪ̯/
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

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

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)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English FBI (“Federal Bureau of Investigation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌefe ˌbe ˈi/ [ˌe.fe ˌβ̞e ˈi]
Syllabification: FBI

Proper noun

FBI m

Buró Federal de Investigación; FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).
- 2025 June 28, Sean Lyngaas, “El cártel de Sinaloa rastreó con un hacker a un funcionario del FBI y mató a posibles informantes, según Gobierno de EE.UU.”, in CNN en Español‎^[3]:
  Un cártel de droga mexicano contrató a un hacker para vigilar los movimientos de un alto funcionario del FBI en Ciudad de México en 2018 o incluso antes, recopilando información del sistema de cámaras de la ciudad que permitió al cártel matar a posibles informantes del FBI, según dijo en un nuevo informe el inspector general del Departamento de Justicia.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)