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babe
English
Etymology
From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant of *ba-, *b?- (“father, brother, close male relation”), related to Old Frisian bobba (“child”), Old High German Babo (a male forename), see boy. Otherwise, origin obscure. Compare mama, dada, papa. Welsh baban (“baby”), believed by Skeat to be a mutation of maban, a diminutive of mab ("son"), is probably rather a borrowing from English. Cognate also with English bub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be?b/, enPR: b?b
- Rhymes: -e?b
Noun
babe (plural babes)
- (literary or poetic) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. [from 14th c.]
- These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- Though he possess sweet babes and loving wife,
- A home of peace by loyal friendships cheered,
- And love them more than death or happy life,
- (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman. [from 20th c.]
- She's a real babe!
- (endearing) Darling (term of endearment).
- Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?
Synonyms
- (infant): baby, child, infant
- (attractive person): looker; See Thesaurus:beautiful person
- (woman): hottie, doll, fox; See: Thesaurus:beautiful woman
- (darling): darling, dear, love, sweetheart
Derived terms
- bikini babe
- babe in the woods
- babe magnet
- out of the mouths of babes
Translations
References
Anagrams
- abbe, abbé
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -abi
Verb
babe
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of babar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of babar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of babar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of babar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ba.be]
Noun
babe f pl
- plural of bab?
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
babe (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- inflection of baba:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?babe]
Noun
babe
- dative/locative singular of baba
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
Noun
babé 1a (plural bóbabé 2a)
- my father
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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bantling
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from band(s) (“swaddling clothes”) +? -ling, or a modification of German Bänkling (“bastard-child”), equivalent to bench +? -ling.
Noun
bantling (plural bantlings)
- (archaic, Britain dialectal) An infant or young child.
- 1999 The Wedding Gamble, page 104
- "As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them," Cecily muttered.
"Children!" Meredyth protested, her face flushing. "What must Lord Englemere think, to hear you brangle so?"
- "As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them," Cecily muttered.
- 1999 The Wedding Gamble, page 104
- (archaic) A bastard-child.
- (archaic, derogatory) A brat.
Synonyms
- babe
- infant
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