babe

babe  (bb)

n.

1. A baby; an infant.

2. An innocent or naive person.

3. Slang A young woman.

4. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

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babe [beɪb]

n

1. a baby

2. Informal a naive, gullible, or unsuspecting person (often in the phrase a babe in arms)

3. Slang a girl or young woman, esp an attractive one

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	babe - 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" baby, infant blue baby - an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart cherub - a sweet innocent baby child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" abandoned infant, foundling - a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown godchild - an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism neonate, newborn, newborn baby, newborn infant - a baby from birth to four weeks nurseling, nursling, suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse papoose, pappoose - an American Indian infant test-tube baby - a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus war baby - conceived or born during war
	2.	babe - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women sister, baby jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

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babe

noun

1. (Informal) darling, love, baby, dear, dearest, honey, sweetheart, sweetie (informal) I'm sorry, babe. I didn't mean it.

2. (Informal) attractive young woman, siren, charmer, vamp (informal), femme fatale (French), temptress, Lorelei, seductress, Circe This is not a case of idle babe worship among howling teens.

3. baby, child, innocent, infant, bairn (Scot.), suckling, newborn child, babe in arms, nursling innocent as newborn babes

Translations

babe [beɪb]

A. N

1. (liter, o.f.) → criatura f

2. (esp US) → chica f; (in direct address) → nena f

B. CPD babe in arms N → niño/a m/f de pecho

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babe [ˈbeɪb] n

(mainly US) (= honey) (term of address) → ma poule

(= attractive woman) → canon m >, super nana f >
She's a real babe! → C'est un vrai canon!
the former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson → Pamela Anderson, la super nana qui jouait dans Baywatch beach babe

(old-fashioned) (= baby) → bébé m
newborn babes → les nouveaux-nés
babe-in-arms [ˌbeɪbɪnˈɑː^rmz] n → tout petit bébé m

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babe

n

(liter) → Kindlein nt (liter); babe in arms (esp Brit) → Säugling m

(esp US inf) → Baby nt (inf), → Puppe f (inf); hey Susie/Mike babe! → he du, Susie!/Mike!

(inf: = girl) → Schnalle f (sl), → Tussi f (sl), → Braut f (sl) ? also baby e

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babe [beɪb] n (old) → bimbo/a, bebè m inv (esp Am) (fam) (endearment) → piccolo/a, tesoro
babe in arms → bimbo/a in fasce (fig) → ingenuo/a

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babe [beɪb] n (old) → bimbo/a, bebè m inv (esp Am) (fam) (endearment) → piccolo/a, tesoro
babe in arms → bimbo/a in fasce (fig) → ingenuo/a

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babe

n babe [beib]

1 a baby a babe in arms (= a small baby not yet able to walk). baba طِفل رَضيع бебе nemluvně baby; spædbarn das Baby βρέφος, πολύ μικρό παιδί bebé beebi نوزاد؛ کودک vauva petit enfant תִּינוֹק बच्चा,शिशु जो अभी चल नहीं पाता beba kisbaba bayi kornabarn bambino 赤ん坊 갓난아기 kūdikis mazulis; bērniņš bayi baby baby, spedbarn niemowlę bebé sugar, be­be­luş младенец nemluvňa dete detence bebis, spädbarn ทารก bebek 嬰兒 немовля چھوٹا بچہ، طفل trẻ sơ sinh 婴儿

2  see baby.