bae

See also: BAE, BAe, and Bae

§English

§Etymology

From babe or baby by shortening.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪ/, enPR: bā
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophone: bay

§Noun

bae (plural baes)

1. (slang) Darling (term of endearment).
   • 2013, "Jack", "Jack & Jill: On High School Relationships", The Torch (St. John's University), Volume 91, Issue 5, 28 August 2013, page 9:

     And if you actually want to see your bae – you know, like in person – You^[sic] better set aside some of your refund check to pay for the $26 train ticket to a school that lingers outside of the tri-state area.

   • 2014, Laken Howard, "Pillow Talk: Let's talk about V-day", The Current (entertainment insert of The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University), 13 February 2014, page 3:

     Your newsfeed gets clogged with statuses like “Happy Valentine’s Day to my bae! I’ve loved you so much ever since we first met three months, eight days, 11 hours and 27 minutes ago!”

   • 2014, "How Steamy Is Your PDA?", Seventeen, June/July 2014, page 98:

     A fresh pic of you and your bae on vacay together? Who wouldn't “like” that?!?

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

§Synonyms

• babe, baby, darling, dear, love, sweetheart

§Related terms

• babe, baby

§Anagrams

• abe, Abe, Bea, EAB, BEA

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§Bislama

§Particle

bae

1. alternative form of bambae

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§Pijin

§Etymology

English by and by

§Particle

bae

1. Future tense marker

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§Welsh

§Verb

bae

1. alternative form of bai

§Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bae	fae	mae	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.