bambin
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian bambino, from onomatopoeic bambo for the first stammerings of children.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bɑ̃.bɛ̃/
=== Noun ===
bambin m (plural bambins, feminine bambine)
toddler (young human child)
=== Further reading ===
“bambin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian bambino (“child, baby”). Compare Italian Bambino Gesù (also Bambin Gesù).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bamˈbiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn
=== Noun ===
bambin m (plural bambini)
baby, toddler; almost exclusively used referring to Baby Jesus and therefore often capitalized as il-Bambin (Ġesù)