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English

A human baby. A baby monkey. A baby elephant (sometimes called a calf).

Etymology

From Middle English babe + -y/-ie "endearing and diminutive suffix"

Pronunciation

Noun

baby (plural babies)

  1. A very young human, from birth to a couple of years old.
  2. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.
  3. A person who is immature or infantile.
    Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby!
  4. A term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
  5. (informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
    Hey baby, what are you doing later?
  6. A pet project or responsibility.
    The annual report has been my baby since September.
  7. The lastborn of a family; a benjamin.

Synonyms

Adjective

baby (not comparable) (used only before the noun)

  1. Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
    a baby boy
  2. Of an animal: young.
    a baby elephant
  3. Intended for babies.
    baby clothes
  4. (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

Usage notes

When refering to a human baby (as per noun sense 1 above) the usual practice is to treat 'human' as the adjective and 'baby' as the noun.

Synonyms

Translations

of a child
  • Bulgarian: бебешки bg(bg)
  • Dutch: baby nl(nl) m. and f.
  • Finnish: -vauva (in compounds)
  • French: petit fr(fr)
of an animal
  • Finnish: -vauva (in compounds), vauva- (in compounds)
  • French: petit (additionally, as in English, the young of some animals have special names)
  • Italian: in general, append the suffix -ino or -etto to the name of the animal
  • Tatar: бәбәй, бәби
intended for babies
  • Finnish: lasten (genitive pl), vauvojen (genitive pl)
  • French: pour bébé
  • Italian: per i bimbi
  • Macedonian: бебешки mk(mk) (bébeški) m.
  • Tatar: бәбәй, бәби

Verb

to baby (third-person singular simple present babies, present participle babying, simple past and past participle babied)

  1. To coddle.

Derived terms

Look at pages starting with baby.

terms derived from "baby"

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

baby m. (plural baby's, diminutive baby'tje, diminutive plural baby'tjes)

  1. baby (infant)

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

baby

  1. baby

Declension

Declension of baby (type valo)
singular plural
nominative baby babyt
genitive babyn babyjen
partitive babya babyja
accusative baby babyn babyt
inessive babyssa babyissa
elative babysta babyista
illative babyyn babyihin
adessive babylla babyilla
ablative babylta babyilta
allative babylle babyille
essive babyna babyina
translative babyksi babyiksi
instructive – babyin
abessive babytta babyitta
comitative – babyineen

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

baby m. (plural babys)

  1. table soccer, table football
  2. baby, darling, sweetheart

 

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