babe
English
/beɪb/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman.
- (affectionate) Darling term of endearment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English babe inherited from Old English baba (child, boy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *babô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*babô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Babygro English
- babealicious English
- babehood English
- babeship English
- babez English
- babify English
- babily English
- babiness English
- babish English
- babishly English
- babishness English
- baby English
- baby dedication English
- baby-sit English
- baby-to-be English
- babycakes English
- babycare English
- babydom English
- babyese English
- babyface English
- babyfather English
- babyfic English
- babyfur English
- babygirl English
- babygram English
- babygro English
- babyhood English
- babyhouse English
- babyish English
- babyism English
- babykin English
- babykins English
- babyless English
- babylike English
- babymaker English
- babymaking English
- babymother English
- babyness English
- babyolatry English
- babyproof English
- babyship English
- babysitter English
- babyspeak English
- babystay English
- babywear English
- babywearing English
- bushbaby English
- crybaby English
- cyberbabe English
- furbaby English
- grandbabe English
- grandbaby English
- manbaby English
- merbaby English
- nonbaby English
- pissbaby English
- prebaby English
- sugar baby English
- superbabe English
- unbabied English
- beibi Finnish
- Baby German
- baby parking Italian
- baanboef Dutch, Flemish
- baby Dutch, Flemish
- boef Dutch, Flemish
- boevengilde Dutch, Flemish
- boevenklok Dutch, Flemish
- boeventaal Dutch, Flemish
- boevenwereld Dutch, Flemish
- boeverij Dutch, Flemish
- potboef Dutch, Flemish
- bébé French
- беби Russian
- baby Norwegian Bokmål
- *babô Proto-Germanic
- ベビー Japanese
- baby Norwegian Nynorsk
- baba Old English
- babe Middle English
- babee Middle English
- baby Danish
- babi Welsh
- boef Middle Dutch
- pabebe Tagalog
- buobe Middle High German
- beebi Estonian
- BB Chinese
- 北鼻 Chinese
- Bueb Alemannic German
- bueb Alemannic German
- bebi Tok Pisin
- pēpē Hawaiian
- Bewi Pennsylvania German
- بيبي Gulf Arabic
- piipiq Yup'ik
- baby
- babez
- babish
- babily
- babify
- merbaby
- babygro
- babyish
- babyism
- babyese
- nonbaby
- manbaby
- babyfic
- babyfur
- prebaby
- furbaby
- crybaby
- babykin
- babydom
- Babygro
- babishly
- babehood
- babeship
- bushbaby
- babykins
- babystay
- babycare
- babyface
- babygirl
- babylike
- unbabied
- pissbaby
- babygram
- babiness
- babyless
- babyhood
- babyship
- baby-sit
- babyness
- babywear
- babyspeak
- superbabe
- babyproof
- babymaker
- grandbabe
- babycakes
- cyberbabe
- babyhouse
- grandbaby
- babyolatry
- babyfather
- babymother
- sugar baby
- baby-to-be
- babymaking
- babishness
- babysitter
- babywearing
- babealicious
- baby dedication