babe
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English babe, perhaps a variant of earlier baban. Origin obscure. Compare mama, dada, papa. Welsh baban (“baby”), believed by Skeat to be a mutated from maban diminutive of mab ("son"), is probably rather a borrowing from the English. [1]
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[edit] Noun
babe (plural babes)
- (literary or poetic) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
- (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman.
- She's a real babe!
- (also babes sg.) Darling (term of endearment).
- Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Synonyms
- (infant): baby, child, infant
- (attractive person):
- (woman): doll, fox
- See: Wikisaurus:beautiful woman
- (darling): darling, dear, love, sweetheart
[edit] Translations
baby or infant
darling
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[edit] References
- ^ Whitney, The Century dictionary and cylcopedia, babe.
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[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈba.be]
[edit] Noun
babe f. pl.
- Plural form of babă.
