noun · common

babe

babe · babes

любов, кохання

любовь, любимый, любимая

Liebe, Lieber, in Liebe

A baby or infant; a very young human or animalA baby or infant; a very young human or animal.

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/beɪb/

» My dog is a babe magnet.

Mein Hund zieht die Frauen an.

Meaning

3 senses

(literary, poetic)A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
(slang)An attractive person, especially a young woman.
She's a real babe!
Puppe, Maus
мила́шкаmiláška, красо́ткаkrasótka
(endearing)A darling (a term of endearment).
Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?

More definitions

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

Examples

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My dog is a babe magnet.
deMein Hund zieht die Frauen an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I saw a few gorgeous babes at the beach today.
deIch habe heute ein paar süße Mädels am Strand gesehen. — Waldelfe
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Who was that babe I saw you with last weekend?
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Mary is a babe.
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Check out that babe.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

attractive person:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

attractive person:

Origin

From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy

From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant of *ba-, *bō- (“father, brother, close male relation”).

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