Babe

See also: babe, babë, and Ba Bể

English

Etymology

Use of the common noun babe as a (nick)name.

Proper noun

Babe

1. A male given name or nickname
   • 2006, David C. King, Have Fun with American Heroes, Jossey-Bass, page 77:

     Ruth was called “Babe” because of his youth (and baby face) when he signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 at age nineteen. He was also called “Bambino”—Italian for baby.

Anagrams

• abbe, abbé

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bɨ/ [ˈba.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: Ba‧be

Proper noun

Babe

1. Babe (a parish of Bragança, Portugal)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bobba, from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *bō-, originally a nursery word. Related to North Frisian Baabe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːbə/
• Hyphenation: Ba‧be
• Rhymes: -aːbə

Noun

Babe m (plural Baben)

1. dad, daddy

Usage notes

• Babe is used to denote one's own father. To describe the concept of a father in itself, the word Foar is used, while when addressing a father of someone else, the word Papa is used.

Coordinate terms

• Mäme (“mum, mummy”)

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Babe”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN