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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|嬰兒|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|婴儿|tr=yīng'ér|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|娃娃|tr=wáwa|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|小娃娃|tr=xiǎowáwa|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|宝宝|tr=bǎobǎo|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|嬰幼兒|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|婴幼儿|tr=yīngyòu'ér|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|嬰孩}}, {{t+|cmn|婴孩|tr=yīnghái}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|嬰兒|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|婴儿|tr=yīng'ér|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|娃娃|tr=wáwa|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|小娃娃|tr=xiǎowáwa|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|宝宝|tr=bǎobǎo|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|嬰幼兒|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|婴幼儿|tr=yīngyòu'ér|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|嬰孩}}, {{t+|cmn|婴孩|tr=yīnghái}}
*: Min Nan: {{t|nan|嬰仔|sc=Hani}}, {{t|nan|婴仔|tr=iⁿ-á, eⁿ-á|sc=Hani}}
*: Min Nan: {{t|nan|嬰仔|sc=Hani}}, {{t|nan|婴仔|tr=iⁿ-á, eⁿ-á|sc=Hani}}
*: Teochew: [[soi3 nou5gian2]]
*: Teochew: {{t|und|細孥囝|tr=soi3 nou5gian2}}
* Chiricahua: [[’áłchiné]] (Chiricahua); [[’éłchiné]] (Mescalero)
* Chiricahua: [[’áłchiné]] (Chiricahua); [[’éłchiné]] (Mescalero)
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|neneneng}}
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|neneneng}}

Revision as of 07:59, 6 June 2017

See also: Baby

English

A human baby.
A baby monkey.
A baby elephant (sometimes called a calf).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

baby (plural babies)

  1. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
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  2. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.
  3. Unborn young; a fetus.
    When is your baby due?
  4. A person who is immature or infantile.
    Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby!
  5. Term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
  6. (informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
    Hey baby, what are you doing later?
  7. A pet project or responsibility.
    • 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2015, p. 902:
      Sovnarkom was Lenin's baby, it was where he focused all his energies […].
  8. The lastborn of a family.
  9. An affectionate term for anything.
    See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.
  10. (archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.

Synonyms

See also

Translations

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Adjective

baby (not comparable) (used only before the noun)

  1. Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
    a baby boy
  2. Of an animal: young.
    a baby elephant
  3. Intended for babies.
    baby clothes
  4. (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

Usage notes

When referring to a human baby (as per noun sense 1 above) the usual practice is to treat 'human' as the adjective and 'baby' as the noun.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

baby (third-person singular simple present babies, present participle babying, simple past and past participle babied)

  1. (transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter, [1]
      [] though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied.
    • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [2]
      Then the man effected measles and stayed off the job for six weeks, babying himself at home, though he lived just round the corner from my half-built house.
  2. (transitive) To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
    • 1967, "Mr. Mac and His Team," Time, 31 March, 1967, [3]
      In the past 27 years, "Mr. Mac," as he is known to his 46,000 teammates, has built and babied his McDonnell Co. from nothing into a $1 billion-a-year corporation.
    • 1912, Linda Craig, interviewed by Theresa Forte, "Tree and Twig farm — a treasure chest of heirloom tomatoes," Welland Tribune, 25 May, 2012, [4]
      I have grown them for years and although some years are better than others, I have always had loads of tomatoes by not babying them, going easy on the water, and fertilizing with compost in the planting hole.

Derived terms

Pages starting with “baby”.

See also

Anagrams


Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

English baby.

Noun

baby c (singular definite babyen, plural indefinite babyer)

  1. A baby, an infant.
  2. (slang) An attractive young female.

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English baby.

Noun

baby m (plural baby's, diminutive baby'tje n)

  1. baby (infant)

Finnish

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

baby

  1. baby (term of endearment)
  2. baby (very young human)

Declension

This spelling should preferably be used in nominative only as it does not fit into any standard inflection scheme.

Inflection of baby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative baby babyt
genitive babyn babyjen
partitive babyä babyjä
illative babyyn babyihin
singular plural
nominative baby babyt
accusative nom. baby babyt
gen. babyn
genitive babyn babyjen
partitive babyä babyjä
inessive babyssä babyissä
elative babystä babyistä
illative babyyn babyihin
adessive babyllä babyillä
ablative babyltä babyiltä
allative babylle babyille
essive babynä babyinä
translative babyksi babyiksi
abessive babyttä babyittä
instructive babyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of baby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative babyni babyni
accusative nom. babyni babyni
gen. babyni
genitive babyni babyjeni
partitive babyäni babyjäni
inessive babyssäni babyissäni
elative babystäni babyistäni
illative babyyni babyihini
adessive babylläni babyilläni
ablative babyltäni babyiltäni
allative babylleni babyilleni
essive babynäni babyinäni
translative babykseni babyikseni
abessive babyttäni babyittäni
instructive
comitative babyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative babysi babysi
accusative nom. babysi babysi
gen. babysi
genitive babysi babyjesi
partitive babyäsi babyjäsi
inessive babyssäsi babyissäsi
elative babystäsi babyistäsi
illative babyysi babyihisi
adessive babylläsi babyilläsi
ablative babyltäsi babyiltäsi
allative babyllesi babyillesi
essive babynäsi babyinäsi
translative babyksesi babyiksesi
abessive babyttäsi babyittäsi
instructive
comitative babyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative babymme babymme
accusative nom. babymme babymme
gen. babymme
genitive babymme babyjemme
partitive babyämme babyjämme
inessive babyssämme babyissämme
elative babystämme babyistämme
illative babyymme babyihimme
adessive babyllämme babyillämme
ablative babyltämme babyiltämme
allative babyllemme babyillemme
essive babynämme babyinämme
translative babyksemme babyiksemme
abessive babyttämme babyittämme
instructive
comitative babyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative babynne babynne
accusative nom. babynne babynne
gen. babynne
genitive babynne babyjenne
partitive babyänne babyjänne
inessive babyssänne babyissänne
elative babystänne babyistänne
illative babyynne babyihinne
adessive babyllänne babyillänne
ablative babyltänne babyiltänne
allative babyllenne babyillenne
essive babynänne babyinänne
translative babyksenne babyiksenne
abessive babyttänne babyittänne
instructive
comitative babyinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative babynsä babynsä
accusative nom. babynsä babynsä
gen. babynsä
genitive babynsä babyjensä
partitive babyään
babyänsä
babyjään
babyjänsä
inessive babyssään
babyssänsä
babyissään
babyissänsä
elative babystään
babystänsä
babyistään
babyistänsä
illative babyynsä babyihinsä
adessive babyllään
babyllänsä
babyillään
babyillänsä
ablative babyltään
babyltänsä
babyiltään
babyiltänsä
allative babylleen
babyllensä
babyilleen
babyillensä
essive babynään
babynänsä
babyinään
babyinänsä
translative babykseen
babyksensä
babyikseen
babyiksensä
abessive babyttään
babyttänsä
babyittään
babyittänsä
instructive
comitative babyineen
babyinensä

Synonyms

  • (very young human) vauva
  • (term of endearment) kulta

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Noun

baby m (plural babys)

  1. table soccer, table football
  2. baby, darling, sweetheart

Further reading


Italian

Noun

baby m (uncountable)

  1. child, baby, neonate
  2. a small shot of whisky
  3. tripod for a film camera

Adjective

baby (invariant)

  1. For use by young children
  2. Very young

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

baby

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) genitive singular of baba
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) nominative plural of baba
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) accusative plural of baba

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English baby

Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyer, definite plural babyene)

  1. a baby

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English baby

Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyar, definite plural babyane)

  1. a baby

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Spanish

Noun

baby m (plural babys)

  1. baby