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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbeɪb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/beɪb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bāb)

babe /beɪb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a baby or small child.
Slang Terms
- Sex and Gender[Slang (sometimes disparaging and offensive).]a girl or woman.

babe (bāb),USA pronunciation n.

a baby or child.
an innocent or inexperienced person.
Dialect Terms(usually cap.) [Southern U.S.](used, often before the surname, as a familiar name for a boy or man, esp. the youngest of a family.)
Slang Terms
- Sex and Gender[Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.]a girl or woman, esp. an attractive one.
- Sex and Gender(sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
Idioms babe in the woods, an innocent, unsuspecting person, esp. one likely to be victimized by others:Some highly informed people are mere babes in the woods where the stock market is concerned.

Also, babe in the wood.

1150–1200; 1915–20 for def. 4; Middle English; early Middle English baban, probably nursery word in origin

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

babe /beɪb/ n

a baby
informal a naive, gullible, or unsuspecting person (often in the phrase a babe in arms)
informal a young person, esp a woman, perceived as being sexually attractive

'babe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Southwell - baby - ruth - Zaharias

In Lists: Terms of endearment , more...

Collocations: informal: Come here, babe., informal: I love you, babe., informal: What did you say, babe?, more...

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