Babe
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Use of the common noun babe as a (nick)name.
Proper noun
[edit]Babe
- A male given name or nickname
- 2006, David C. King, Have Fun with American Heroes, Jossey-Bass, page 77:
- Ruth was called “Babe” because of his youth (and baby face) when he signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 at age nineteen. He was also called “Bambino”—Italian for baby.
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ba‧be
Proper noun
[edit]Babe
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a nursery word. Related to North Frisian Baabe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Babe m (plural Baben)
Usage notes
[edit]- Babe is used to denote one's own father. To describe the concept of a father in itself, the word Foar is used, while when addressing a father of someone else, the word Papa is used.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- Mäme (“mum, mummy”)
References
[edit]Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English terms with quotations
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Places in Portugal
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːbə
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːbə/2 syllables
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian masculine nouns
- stq:Male family members
- stq:Parents