bib

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A baby bib

A baby wearing a bib while being fed

The bib of an apron

Etymology

Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“I drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, or of imitative origin (onomatopoeia). Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Noun

bib (plural bibs)

1. An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
2. The upper part of an apron or overalls.

Derived terms

• best bib and tucker

Translations

item of clothing for babies

• Bulgarian: лигавче (bg) (ligavče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圍兜 (cmn), 围兜 (cmn) (wéidōu)

• Czech: bryndák (cs) m
• Dutch: slabbetje (nl)
• Finnish: ruokalappu, leukalappu
• French: bavoir (fr) m
• German: Lätzchen (de) n, Latz (de) m
• Greek: σαλιάρα (el) (saliára) f
• Hungarian: partedli (hu), előke (hu)
• Icelandic: smekkur (is) m
• Italian: bavaglino (it) m, bavaglio (it) m

• Japanese: ビブ (ja) (bibu)
• Jèrriais: bav'thette f
• Macedonian: лигавче (mk) (lígavče) n, портикла (mk) (pórtikla) f
• Polish: śliniak m, śliniaczek m
• Portuguese: babador (pt)
• Russian: нагрудник (ru) (nagrúdnik) m, слюнявчик (ru) (sljunjávčik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: opršnjak m, portikla f
• Slovene: slinček m
• Spanish: babero (es) m
• Swedish: haklapp (sv) c

upper part of an apron or overalls

• Czech: lacl (cs) m
• Dutch: borstje, salopette (nl)
• Finnish: rintalappu (fi)

• Macedonian: лигавче (mk) (lígavče) n, портикла (mk) (pórtikla) f
• Scottish Gaelic: biob (gd) m

Verb

bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)

1. (archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.

   He was constantly bibbing. — Locke.

Related terms

• bibber
• bibble

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Dutch

Noun

bib f (uncountable)

1. abbreviation of bibliotheek.

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Alternative forms

• Bib

Noun

bib (plural bibs)

1. bible, Bible

Declension

declension of bib

	singular	plural
nominative	bib	bibs
genitive	biba	bibas
dative	bibe	bibes
accusative	bibi	bibis
predicative	bibu	bibus
vocative	o bib!	o bibs!

Derived terms

• bibik
• bibiko
• cilabib