ба́ба — meaning in English
baba
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English meaning
- broad adj Wide, either physically or in scope or range.
- dame noun A title given to a woman who holds a high honour, equivalent to "Sir" for a man.
- grandma noun An informal, affectionate word for grandmother.
- grandmother noun The mother of one's mother or father.
- grandparent noun The parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
- granny noun An informal, affectionate word for grandmother.
- hen noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.
- jade noun A hard, typically green semiprecious stone often carved into jewelry and figurines.
- sissy noun (informal, derogatory) A timid or cowardly person, especially a man or boy seen as insufficiently masculine.
- wench noun An old-fashioned or humorous term for a young woman, sometimes used at Renaissance fairs or in historical fiction.
- woman noun An adult female human.
Senses
ба́ба is used for these senses in English:
- babka A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.
- broad (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated) A woman or girl.
- bundt cake A ring-shaped cake, of German origin, baked in a decorative, often fluted, mould.
- dame (US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory) A woman.
- grandma (informal) Grandmother.
- grandmother A mother of someone's parent.
- grandparent The parent of someone's parent.
- granny (colloquial) A grandmother.
broad — full definition
- adj Wide, either physically or in scope or range.
- adj General rather than detailed or specific.
dame — full definition
- noun A title given to a woman who holds a high honour, equivalent to "Sir" for a man.
- noun Informal, especially in older American slang: a woman.