Polyglot Dictionary

bébé

/be.be/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les bébés

Meaning

  1. baby

    • Le bébé dort paisiblement.

      The baby is sleeping peacefully.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

nourrisson

Worth distinguishing: nourrisson is specifically a very young infant; bébé is the general word for baby.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

bebê

bebê is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "baby."

Portuguese

neném

neném is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "baby."

Practice

1 What does bébé mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ dort paisiblement.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bébé?

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