bave

See also: bavé

English

Noun

bave (countable and uncountable, plural baves)

1. silkworm thread extruded as brins from the two glands and stuck together with sericin proteins

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French

Etymology

From Old French beve (altered based on baver), from Vulgar Latin root *baba, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bav/

• Audio:

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Noun

bave f (plural baves)

1. spittle, drool, dribble, slobber

   Coordinate term: salive

Derived terms

• bavard
• la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe

Verb

bave

1. inflection of baver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: bà‧ve

Noun

bave f pl

1. plural of bava

Anagrams

• beva