bambin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bambino, from onomatopoeic bambo for the first stammerings of children.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.bɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

bambin m (plural bambins, feminine bambine)

1. toddler (young human child)

Further reading

• “bambin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian bambino (“child, baby”). Compare Italian Bambino Gesù (also Bambin Gesù).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bamˈbiːn/

Noun

bambin m (plural bambini)

1. baby, toddler; almost exclusively used referring to Baby Jesus and therefore often capitalized as il-Bambin (Ġesù)
   • 2021, “Doqqu, qniepen, doqqu”‎^[1]performed by Family Affair:

     Sena wara l-oħra jasal il-Milied. / Il-Bambin jitwieled, l-ogħla fost l-ulied.

     Year after year, Christmas time comes. / The Holy Child is born, the highest among children.

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Żmien ir-Rebbiegħa”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u qalb il-pal tal-bajtar
     il-flieles żgħar minn bejn ir-rix tal-qroqqa
     joħorġu jnaqqru l-brajma tal-ġulġliena;
     u ġol-benniena
     fid-dar ta’ ħdejn il-lewża
     fil-ħeġġa tal-ħommejr
     jitwieled bambin żgħir

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)