/beɪb/
#1455 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
A warm name people call the person they love; in old writing it also means a baby.
Word origin
A short form of "baby", used in English since the Middle Ages.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- babe
- English cognates
- baby
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbabes
Examples
, .
People use "babe" when speaking to someone they love.
, , .
"Babe" is informal, used with a partner or a close friend.
.
This older meaning is rare today.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 30.