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

Noun

1. a baby

2. babe in arms Informal a naive or inexperienced person

3. Slang a girl, 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 baby, child, innocent, infant, bairn Scot., Northern English tacker Austral. (slang) suckling, newborn child, babe in arms, nursling

Translations

babe [beɪb] n → criatura

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babe [beɪb] n (liter) → Kindlein nt;

(esp US) (address) → Schätzchen nt;

babe in arms → Säugling m

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babe [beɪb] n (col): she's a real babe → è uno schianto di ragazza

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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 젖먹이, 아기 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.