babe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant of *ba-, *bō- (“father, brother, close male relation”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɪb/, enPR: bāb Rhymes: -eɪb === Noun === babe (plural babes) (literary or poetic) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. [from 14th c.] (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman. [from 20th c.] (endearing) Darling (term of endearment). ==== Synonyms ==== (infant): baby, child, infant (attractive person): looker; See Thesaurus:beautiful person (woman): hottie, doll, fox; See: Thesaurus:beautiful woman (darling): darling, dear, love, sweetheart ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === abbe, abbé == Galician == === Verb === babe inflection of babar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === bab, babbe (early) baban === Etymology === From Old English *baba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːb(ə)/, /ˈbab(ə)/ === Noun === babe (plural babes) baby, infant ==== Derived terms ==== baby ==== Descendants ==== English: babe, bab → Irish: báb → Welsh: baban ==== References ==== “bābe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -abi, (Portugal) -abɨ Hyphenation: ba‧be === Verb === babe inflection of babar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈba.be] === Noun === babe f pl plural of babă == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === babe (Cyrillic spelling бабе) inflection of baba: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /babe/, [ˈbabe] Rhymes: -abe Hyphenation: ba‧be === Noun === babe dative/locative singular of baba == Swazi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *bààbá. === Noun === babé class 1a (plural bóbabé class 2a) my father ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template.