Baba

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Bosnian 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 Croatian 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 German 4.1 Interjection 5 Hungarian 5.1 Noun 6 Japanese 6.1 Romaji 7 Polish 7.1 Noun 8 Serbian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 9 Spanish 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 9.3 See also 10 Tagalog 10.1 Adjective 10.2 Noun 10.3 Verb 11 Turkish 11.1 Noun

Bosnian

Noun

baba f. (pl.: babe)

1. grandmother
2. grandma
3. granny
4. old woman

Synonyms

• nena

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Croatian

Noun

baba f. (pl.: babe)

1. grandmother
2. grandma
3. granny
4. old woman

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ba.ba/
• SAMPA: /ba.ba/

Noun

baba /ba.ba/

1. A kind of plum cake.

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German

Interjection

baba

1. In Austria, especially East Austria, the most commonly used informal departing formula.

A link of the term with the American bye-bye is possible but not certain.

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Hungarian

Noun

baba

1. doll
2. baby, in the sense of very young child.

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Japanese

Romaji

baba (ばば)

1. 婆: old woman; Joker in playing cards.
2. 祖母: grandmother
3. 馬場: riding ground
4. 糞, 屎: excrement, feces

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Polish

Noun

baba

1. old woman, woman (impolite)

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Serbian

Noun

baba f. s. (pl.: babe)

1. grandmother
2. grandma
3. granny
4. old woman

Cyrillic spelling

• баба

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Spanish

Etymology

From the hypothetical Latin word *baba.

Noun

baba f.

1. drool, saliva, slime

   • La chacha lavaba, y mientras lavaba, la baba se le caía — The maid washed, and as she washed, she drooled. (classroom example of b/v use)

See also

• cieno
• lama

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Tagalog

Adjective

baba

1. low
2. short

Noun

baba

1. chin

Verb

baba

1. descend

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Turkish

Noun

baba

1. father
2. Saint Gül Babaaf:baba

de:baba es:baba fr:baba hr:baba io:baba id:baba hu:baba pl:baba pt:baba fi:baba tr:baba zh:baba