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— English words —

• baba n. A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• baba n. (Especially among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
• baba n. An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
• baba n. (Especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
• baba n. (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
• baba n. (British India) A baby, child.
• baba n. In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • baba n. Baby.
  • baba v. To treat with gentle care, to coddle.
• Aklanon
  • ba-ba' n. Mouth.
• Albanian
  • baba n. The dad, the daddy.
  • baba n. (Usually childish) the father.
  • baba n. (Usually childish) the grandpa.
• Aromanian
  • babã n. Old woman.
  • babã n. Grandmother.
  • babã n. Midwife.
• Atong
  • baba n. Paternal uncle.
  • baba n. Son.
• Atong - Crimean tatar - Dagbani - Fanagalo - Garo - Hausa - Kabyle - Luo - Marshallese - Matal - Mwani - Shona - Tarifit - Taíno - Ternate - Turkish - Venda - West makian - Yoruba
  • baba n. Father.
• Azerbaijani - Salar
  • baba n. Grandfather.
• Basque
  • baba n. Broad bean.
  • baba n. Bean, green bean.
  • baba n. Blister.
• Bikol central
  • baba adj. Downstairs.
  • baba n. Shortness, lowness (based on height).
  • baba n. (Dialectal) bottom; below.
  • baba n. Descent.
  • baba n. Disembarkment.
  • baba n. Act of going downstairs.
  • baba n. Decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement.
  • baba n. (Anatomy) chin.
  • baba n. (Tabaco-Legazpi-Sorsogon, slang) loved one.
• Catalan
  • babà n. Baba.
• Cebuano
  • baba n. (Anatomy) mouth.
  • baba n. Mouth of a river.
  • baba n. Outlet; aperture; orifice.
  • baba n. Talk; empty boasting, promises or claims.
  • baba v. To hit, be hit or injured in the mouth.
  • baba v. To piggyback; to carry someone on the back.
• Crimean tatar
  • baba n. Dad.
• Czech
  • baba n. Crone, hag.
  • baba n. Coward, milksop.
  • baba n. (Informal) girl, chick.
  • bába n. An old woman, a crone.
• Dagbani
  • baba n. Title of the second chief butcher.
  • baba n. Plural of babli (a featherless fowl).
• Dargwa
  • вава n. Flower.
• Dungan
  • вава n. Baby; young child.
• Ewe
  • baba n. Termite, white ant.
• Finnish
  • baba n. Baba, babka (type of cake).
• Galician
  • baba n. Drool.
  • baba n. Slime (mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals).
• Greek
  • βαβά n. Grandma, granny.
  • βαβά n. Nanny, nurse.
  • βαβά n. (Juvenile) wound, injury.
  • βάβα n. Alternative form of βαβά, (granny).
• Hausa
  • baba n. Used as a term of address for a man of appropriate age to be one’s father, or who shares one’s father’s name.
  • baba n. Eunuch.
  • baba n. Impotent man.
  • baba n. Paternal aunt.
  • baba n. Indigo (the plant, or the dye from it).
  • Baba prop.n. A unisex given name.
• Higaonon - Hiligaynon - Mansaka - Ratagnon
  • baba n. Mouth.
• Hungarian
  • baba n. Doll (toy in the form of a human).
  • baba n. Baby, infant (very young human child, particularly from birth until walking is mastered).
  • baba n. (In the possessive, folk songs) baby, darling (term of endearment for a girlfriend, or less often, a boyfriend).
  • baba adj. (Slang) swell, neat (exceptionally good, pleasing or enjoyable).
  • bába n. Midwife.
  • bába n. (Dialectal) old woman.
  • bába n. (Dialectal, chiefly in certain phrases) witch.
• Ilocano - Mansaka
  • baba adv. Below.
• Jamamadí
  • Baba prop.n. (Banawá) a unisex given name.
• Japanese
  • baba rom. Rōmaji transcription of ばば.
  • Baba rom. Rōmaji transcription of ばば.
• Kagayanen - Masbatenyo
  • ba-ba n. (Anatomy) mouth.
• Kalasha
  • bába n. Sister.
• Khalaj
  • bâbâ n. Father.
• Kikuyu
  • baba n. My father, dad.
• Ladino
  • babá n. Papa.
• Latgalian
  • baba n. Grandmother.
• Latvian
  • Baba prop.n. A female given name.
  • bāba n. (Vulgar) woman.
• Lower sorbian
  • baba n. Old woman.
  • baba n. Sponge cake.
• Lower sorbian - Old polish
  • baba n. Woman.
• Lower sorbian - Old polish - Upper sorbian
  • baba n. Midwife.
• Malay - Swahili
  • baba n. Father (male parent).
• Mandarin
  • bàba rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸爸.
  • bǎbá rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸爸.
  • bābā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叭叭.
  • bābā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粑粑.
  • bābā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吧吧.
  • bābā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巴巴.
• Mansaka
  • baba v. To carry.
• Maore comorian
  • ɓaɓa n. Father.
• Marshallese
  • baba n. Daddy.
• Naga pidgin - Nefamese - Yoruba
  • baba n. Father, dad.
• Neapolitan
  • babà n. Rum baba (Neapolitan cake soaked in rum).
• Ngarluma
  • baba n. Water.
  • baba n. Rain, rainwater.
• Old polish
  • baba n. Grandma (parent’s mother).
  • baba n. Grandma (any old woman).
  • baba n. Fortune teller.
  • baba n. Pear (Pyrus communis).
  • baba n. (In the plural, astronomy) Pleiades.
• Phuthi
  • baba v. To taste bitter.
• Polabian
  • babă n. Grandmother.
• Polish
  • baba n. (Colloquial, somewhat derogatory) woman, crone, hag.
  • baba n. (Colloquial) wife, girlfriend.
  • baba n. Village woman (woman from the village).
  • baba n. (Childish) grandmother.
  • baba n. Village seller (woman who sells things from the village).
  • baba n. (Derogatory) pansy, big girl’s blouse (male of weak or cowardly character).
  • baba n. Babka (type of cake).
  • baba n. (Engineering) hydraulic hammer of a pile driver.
  • baba n. (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) baba (a holy man, a spiritual leader).
  • babą n. Instrumental singular of baba.
  • Bąba prop.n. A masculine surname.
  • Bąba prop.n. A feminine surname.
• Romani
  • bába n. Old woman, grannie.
  • bába n. Elderly witch.
• Romanian
  • baba n. Definite singular of babă.
  • Baba prop.n. A village in Horea, Alba, Romania.
  • Baba prop.n. A village in Coroieni, Maramureș, Romania.
  • Babă prop.n. A surname.
• Romanian - Slovincian
  • babă n. Old woman.
• Serbo-croatian
  • baba n. (Regional) grandmother.
  • baba n. Granny, grandma.
  • baba n. (Usually derogatory) old woman, hag.
  • baba n. (Derogatory) female person.
• Shona
  • baba n. (Christianity) father (priest).
• Slovak
  • baba n. (Colloquial) old woman.
  • baba n. (Colloquial) girl.
  • baba n. (Dated) midwife.
  • baba n. (Dated) doll.
  • baba n. (Dated) puppet.
  • baba n. (Dated) hash brown zemiaková baba, now zemiaková placka.
• Slovene
  • baba n. Old woman, hag.
• Slovincian
  • babă n. (Derogatory) woman, broad.
  • babă n. Female animal.
• Southern ndebele
  • baba v. To be bitter.
• Swazi - Zulu
  • baba v. (Intransitive) to taste bitter.
• Tagalog
  • baba n. Piggyback.
  • baba n. Coitus of animals.
  • baba adj. Carried piggyback.
• Turkish
  • baba n. Bektashi saint (as in Gül Baba).
  • baba n. Bollard.
  • baba n. (Slang) crime boss.
  • baba n. (Slang) penis, dick.
  • baba adj. (Slang) top-notch, high-quality, very good.
• Upper sorbian
  • baba n. Old woman, grandmother.
  • baba n. Dough, pastry.
  • baba n. Pelican (bird).
• Vietnamese
  • ba␣ba n. (Zoology) soft-shell turtle.
  • bà␣ba n. (Áo ~) áo bà ba (a traditional southern Vietnamese garment).
• Yoruba
  • baba n. A term of respect or endearment for an older man, male relative, or a higher ranking man.
  • baba n. A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ (“blacksmith”)).
  • baba n. Elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder.
  • baba n. Revered or senior leader or entity.
  • baba n. Male ancestor.
  • baba n. A prefix for given names in the class orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá, given to children who are believed to be reincarnations…
  • baba n. Copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29).
  • baba n. Barber.
  • baba n. Sorghum, millet, (in particular) Sorghum bicolor.
  • baba n. Dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum.
  • baba (Of an object) to be quickly and rapidly hovering.
  • baba adj. Plentiful.
• Zulu
  • baba v. (Intransitive) to taste hot, spicy.
  • baba n. Simple singular of ubaba.

— English word, defined in French —

• baba n. Baba.

— In German —

• baba Interj. Kindersprachlich: dient dazu, Kleinkindern verständlich…
• baba Interj. Ungebräuchlich: papa.
• baba Interj. Verspielt erweitert: babatschi.
• baba Interj. Österreichisch, salopp: Abschiedsgruß an Kleinkinder.
• baba Interj. Österreichisch: salopp-familiärer Abschiedsgruß zwischen…
• Baba S. Landschaftlich: Mutter des Vaters oder der Mutter.
• Baba S. Historisch: Ehrentitel für türkische Geistliche.
• Baba S. Mit Rum getränkter Rührkuchen in Russland und Polen.
• bäbä Interj. Kindersprache: weist darauf hin, das etwas schmutzig…

— In Dutch —

• baba n. (Kookkunst) rond cakeje, gedrenkt in een zoete alcoholische drank.
• baba n. (Suriname) heer van Hindostaanse afkomst.
• baba n. (Nederlands-Indië) Chinese man (zowel aanspreekvorm en aanduiding).

— In French —

• baba adj. Frappé d’un vif étonnement, ébahi.
• baba n.m. (Pâtisserie) Sorte de pâtisserie dans laquelle sont incorporés…
• baba n.m. (Vieilli) Patriarche de la ville d’Alexandrie.
• baba n.m. Titre honorifique donné aux patriarches en Afrique noire.
• baba n.m. (Argot) Vulve ou région fessière, d’où l’expression…
• baba n.f. Femme russe, généralement de condition modeste.
• baba n.m. Langue des Grassfields parlée au Cameroun. Son code ISO 639-3 est bbw.
• baba n.m. (La Réunion) Bébé, jeune enfant.
• baba n.m. Baba chiffon : Poupée de tissus.
• Baba n.prop. Nom utilisé pour désigner son père, ou comme surnom.
• Baba prén.f. Prénom masculin.
• b-a-ba n.m. Variation orthographique de b.a.-ba.
• b-a␣ba n.m. Variation orthographique de b.a.-ba.
• b.a.-ba n.m. Ensemble de rudiments, de connaissances élémentaires. Fondamentaux.
• b.a.␣ba n.m. Variation orthographique de b.a.-ba.
• B.A.␣BA n.m. Variation orthographique de b.a.-ba.

— In Spanish —

• baba s. Saliva que escapa de la boca accidental o involuntariamente.
• baba s. Líquido viscoso segregado por ciertas glándulas de algunos…
• baba s. Por extensión, jugo viscoso de algunas plantas.
• baba s. (Caiman crocodilus) Reptil anfibio, emparentado con los cocodrilos…
• baba s. Cosa de poco valor o entidad.

— In Portuguese —

• baba s. Saliva ou mucosidade que escorre da boca.
• baba s. (Brasil, Santa Catarina, Florianópolis⚠) a cachaça que resta no copo.
• babá s. (Antigo e Índia) designação carinhosa para jovens.
• babá s. (Profissão) empregada doméstica especializada em cuidar de crianças.
• babá s. (Culinária) tipo de bolo, que pode ou não levar passas e…
• babá s. (Coloquial, Brasil e Candomblé) forma reduzida de babalaô.
• babá s. (Brasil e Botânica) arbusto rasteiro, da família das solanáceas…
• babá s. (Bahia e Botânica) arrebenta-cavalo.
• babá s. (Brasil e Religião) designação de pai ou ancestral (nos cultos…
• babá s. (Brasil e Religião) em alguns candomblés, título de reverência…
• babá s. (Brasil e Candomblé) dirigente do terreiro, em alguns candomblés…

— In Italian —

• baba s. (Gastronomia) dolce soffice e lievitato imbevuto di rum.
• baba s. (Regionale) vecchia.
• babà s. (Gastronomia) dolce soffice e lievitato imbevuto di rum.
• babà s. (Senso figurato) definizione mancante; se vuoi, [babà aggiungila] tu.

363 English words from 169 English definitions

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66 English words from 49 foreign definitions

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1 foreign word from 169 English definitions

communis

154 foreign words from 49 foreign definitions

aanduiding aanspreekvorm Abschiedsgruß afkomst Afrique Afrique␣noire Alexandrie algunas algunos alguns anfibio arbusto babà babalaô boca Botânica cakeje candomblés carinhosa Catarina cavalo ciertas cocodrilos Coloquial comme connaissances copo Cosa crianças crocodilus cuidar Culinária cultos darauf dazu definizione de␣la designação désigner dient dirigente doméstica donné d’où ébahi Ehrentitel élémentaires emparentado empregada empregada␣doméstica enfant entidad erweitert escapa especializada étonnement etwas extensión família familiärer fessière figurato Fondamentaux forma für Gastronomia Geistliche généralement getränkter glándulas Historisch honorifique imbevuto incorporés Índia Indië involuntariamente jeune jovens jugo Kindersprache Kindersprachlich Kleinkinder Kleinkindern Kookkunst Landschaftlich laquelle La␣Réunion levar lievitato Líquido los mancante Mit modeste não Nederlands-Indië noire oder orthographique Österreichisch ou␣não pai parlée passas Patriarche patriarches plantas poco Polen por Poupée Prénom Profissão rasteiro reduzida région Regionale Religião Reptil resta reverência Rührkuchen russe Russland salopp schmutzig segregado Senso Senso␣figurato soffice solanáceas son␣père sont surnom terreiro tipo tissus título türkische Ungebräuchlich utilisé vecchia Verspielt verständlich Vieilli vif ville viscoso Vulve vuoi weist zowel zwischen

40 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Babar babas babax babaco babala Babars babash Babati babacos Babalon Babanki babassu babaxes Babayan Baba␣Jaga babakoto babalaas babalawo Babalola babariga babassus Baba␣Yaga babaylan babacoote babakotos babalawos Babalolas babanriga babarigas babaylans baba␣au␣rhum babacootes baba␣ganouj babalaases babanrigas baba␣ganoush baba␣ghanouj babas␣au␣rhum baba␣ghannouj baba␣ghanoush

13 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Mbabane ali␣babas Ali␣Babas dabbabas imbabala Mbabaram rum␣babas imbabalas Toba␣Batak Addis␣Ababan Addis␣Ababans probabalistic Dibabawon␣Manobo

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Alibaba ali␣baba Ali␣Baba dabbaba rum␣baba Addis␣Ababa

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. bab

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. bab

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

AABB abba Abba ABBA

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

AABBs abbas Abbas abbat Abbay Ab␣Fab abwab Babar babas babax babka Bamba Banba batab dabba gabba Jabba kabab labba qabab rabab yabba

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AAB aba Aba ABA A.B.A. abb abb. baa BAA bab BBA B.B.A.

55 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

baaa Babb babe Babe Babi Bábí Babm babs Babs BABT babu Babu baby Baby Baca Baha Baha' Bahá' Baháʼ Baja baka Baka Bala bama Bama bara basa Basa bata Bata batá bàtá Bawa Baxa baya baza Baza BIBA boba BTBA buba caba Caba GABA Ka'ba Kaʻba Laba LABA Maba PABA saba Saba SABA ya␣ba Zaba

9 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. baa BAA bab BBA B.B.A.

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

babka Bamba Banba

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