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English

Image:Baby.jpg|thumb|right|A human baby.

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /ˈbeɪbi/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-baby.ogg
  • :


Noun

  1. A very young human being, 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, puppy|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.
  4. : Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby!
  5. A term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend.
  6. A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
  7. : Hey baby, what are you doing later?
  8. A pet project or responsibility.
  9. : The annual report has been my baby since September.
  10. The lastborn of a family; a benjamin.


Synonyms


Translations

Adjective

(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.
  2. : a baby boy
  3. Of an animal: young.
  4. : a baby elephant
  5. Intended for babies.
  6. : baby clothes


Synonyms


Translations

  • 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

Verb

{{en-verb|babies|babying|babied|babied}}

  1. To coddle.


Derived terms

Related terms


See also


Category:1000 English basic words Category:Age Category:Babies|*baby

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-baby.ogg


Noun

{{nl-noun|g=m|pl=baby's|dim1=baby'tje|dim2=babytje}}

  1. #English|baby (infant)


Category:Terms of endearment

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Baby \Ba"by\ (b[=a]"b[y^]), n.; pl. Babies (-b[i^]z). [Dim. of
babe.]
An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
[1913 Webster]

2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
[1913 Webster]

Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of
one's self in the eyes of another.
[1913 Webster]

She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses,
Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes.
--Heywood.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Baby \Ba"by\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as,
baby swans. "Baby figure" --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Baby \Ba"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Babied (b[=a]"b[=e]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Babying.]
To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to
fondle. --Young.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet baby
n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun
to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?"
[syn: babe, infant]
2: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young
women [syn: sister]
3: a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
4: the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the
baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
5: an immature childish person; "he remained a child in
practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a
baby!" [syn: child]
6: a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is
his baby"
v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
[syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, coddle,
mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
[also: babied]
Moby Dictionary
Elzevir , Milquetoast , adolescent , angel , apprentice , babe , babish ,
baby bunting , baby-doll , baby-sized , babyish , bambino , bantam ,
bantling , banty , beginner , big baby , broad , buttercup , catechumen ,
cater to , cherub , chick , chickabiddy , chicken , chicken liver ,
child , cocker , coddle , colleen , compact , cosset , cotton , coward ,
crybaby , cutie , dame , damoiselle , damsel , darling , dear , deary ,
deb , debutant , demoiselle , diminutive , doll , doll-like , dollish ,
doormat , dote , dry-nurse , duck , duckling , dull tool , duodecimo ,
entrant , favor , filly , flame , fledgling , fraid-cat , fraidy-cat ,
frail , freshman , funk , funker , gal , girl , girlie , gratify ,
greenhorn , greeny , gutless wonder , handy , heifer , hon , honey ,
honey bunch , honey child , hopeful , hoyden , humor , in arms ,
in diapers , in nappies , in swaddling clothes , in the cradle ,
inamorata , incubator baby , indulge , infant , infantile , infantine ,
invertebrate , jellyfish , jeune fille , jill , junior , junior miss ,
juvenal , juvenile , kittenish , ladylove , lamb , lambkin , lass ,
lassie , learner , lightweight , lily liver , little angel ,
little darling , little missy , little one , love , lover ,
mademoiselle , maid , maiden , meek soul , mewling infant , microcosm ,
milksop , mini , miniature , miniaturized , minikin , minimal , minny ,
minor , minuscule , miss , missy , mollycoddle , mouse , namby-pamby ,
nebbish , neonatal , neonate , neophyte , nestling , newborn , newcomer ,
nonentity , novice , novitiate , nursling , nymphet , pamper , pansy ,
pantywaist , papoose , pet , petkins , piece , please , pocket ,
pocket-sized , pony , precious , precious heart , preemie ,
premature baby , preschooler , probationer , pubescent , puling infant ,
puppet , pushover , raw recruit , recruit , romp , rookie , sad sack ,
sapling , satisfy , scaredy-cat , schoolgirl , schoolmaid , schoolmiss ,
sissy , skirt , slip , small-scale , snookums , softling , softy , sop ,
spoil , sprig , steady , stripling , subdeb , subdebutante ,
subminiature , subteen , subteener , suckling , sugar , sweet ,
sweetheart , sweetie , sweetkins , sweets , teenager , teener ,
teenybopper , tenderfoot , toddler , tomato , tomboy , tot , toy ,
trainee , truelove , twelvemo , tyro , vest-pocket , virgin ,
weak sister , weakling , weanling , wench , wet-nurse , white feather ,
white liver , yearling , young creature , young hopeful , young person ,
young thing , younger , youngest , youngling , youngster , youth


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