Definitions for babebeɪb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

babe*beɪb(n.)

  1. a baby or small child.

  2. an inexperienced or naive person.

  3. Slang. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.a girl or woman. (sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address.

    Category: Status (usage), Sexuality

* Usage: Definition 4a is sometimes used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting or demeaning to women. Definition 4b is an affectionate term of address used by a man or woman to a sweetheart.

Origin of babe:

1150–1200; ME; early ME baban, prob. orig. a nursery word

Princeton's WordNet

  1. baby, babe, infant(noun)

    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

    "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

  2. baby, babe, sister(noun)

    (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Wiktionary

  1. babe(Noun)

    A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.

    These events came to pass when he was but a babe.

  2. babe(Noun)

    An attractive person, especially a young woman.

    She's a real babe!

  3. babe(Noun)

    Darling .

    Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?

Webster Dictionary

  1. Babe(noun)

    an infant; a young child of either sex; a baby

  2. Babe(noun)

    a doll for children


Translations for babe

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

babe(noun)

a baby

a babe in arms (= a small baby not yet able to walk).

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