See also: babe, babë, and Ba Bể

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ba‧be

Proper noun

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Babe

  1. Babe (a parish of Bragança, Portugal)

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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Originally a nursery word. Related to North Frisian Baabe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Babe m (plural Baben)

  1. dad, daddy

Usage notes

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  • 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

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References

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