baby shower
English
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Etymology
[edit]From baby + shower (in the sense of being showered with gifts), perhaps influenced by bridal shower.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]baby shower (plural baby showers)
- A party celebrating the pending or recent birth of a child, involving guests giving gifts (typically babycare items) to the parent(s).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]party
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Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English baby shower.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌbeibi ˈʃaweɾ/ [ˌbei̯.β̞i ˈʃa.weɾ]
- IPA(key): /ˌbejbi ˈʃaw̝eɾ/ [ˌbei̯.βi ˈʃa.w̝er]
- IPA(key): /baˌbi ʃoˈw̝eɾ/ [baˌβi ʃoˈw̝er]
- Syllabification: ba‧by sho‧wer
Noun
[edit]baby shower m (plural baby showers)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “baby”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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