bave

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

bave

from the Old French beve, reconstructed on baver, from the Vulgar Latin baba ('saliva') of an onomatopoeic bab expressing babbling, a sense still perceptible in 'the slime of lies and slander' or from the Gaulish baua ('mud').

Definitions

Plural

baves

Translations

  • germangerman:Speichel
  • englishenglish:saliva
  • danishdanish:savl
  • spanishspanish:saliva
  • finnishfinnish:kuola
  • italianitalian:bava
  • dutchdutch:zever
  • portugueseportuguese:baba
  • swedishswedish:spott

See also

baveur (cn.) baveur (adj.) baveuse (cn.) baveuse (adj.) bavard (adj.) bavarderie (cn.) baver (v.) bavette (cn.) baveux (adj.) baves (v.) bavière (cn.) bavardise (cn.)