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baba

ba·ba
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bah-buh; French ba-ba]
    • /ˈbɑ bə; French baˈba/
    • /ˈbæ.bə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bah-buh; French ba-ba]
    • /ˈbɑ bə; French baˈba/

Definitions of baba word

  • noun baba a small cake of leavened dough, sometimes mixed with currants and usually soaked in rum (rum baba) 3
  • noun plural baba a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup. 1
  • noun baba A small rich sponge cake, typically soaked in rum-flavored syrup. 1
  • noun baba A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. 0
  • noun baba (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother. 0
  • noun baba An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture. 0

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Origin of baba

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
1820-30; < French < Polish: literally, old woman, peasant woman; the cake was introduced into France by the court of the exiled Polish king Stanislaus I

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Parts of speech for Baba

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

baba popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

baba usage trend in Literature

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