bebe
Casiguran Dumagat Agta
Noun
bebeCategory:Casiguran Dumagat Agta lemmas#BEBECategory:Casiguran Dumagat Agta nouns#BEBECategory:Casiguran Dumagat Agta entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
References
- A Dumagat (Casiguran) - English Dictionary, Pacific Linguistics: Series C, No. 28 (as bébe)
- ABVD (as bɨ'beq)
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as bə-be)
Fijian
Noun
bebeCategory:Fijian lemmas#BEBECategory:Fijian nouns#BEBECategory:Fijian entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Category:fj:Insects#BEBEGalician
Verb
bebeCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#BEBECategory:Galician verb forms#BEBECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- inflection of beber:
German
Pronunciation
Verb
bebeCategory:German non-lemma forms#BEBECategory:German verb forms#BEBECategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- inflection of beben:
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Haitian Creole terms derived from French#BEBE bébé (“baby”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bebeCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#BEBECategory:Haitian Creole nouns#BEBECategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
References
- Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 23
Interlingua
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Interlingua entries#BEBE
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe.be/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
- Rhymes: -ebeCategory:Rhymes:Interlingua/ebe#BEBECategory:Rhymes:Interlingua/ebe/2 syllables#BEBE
- Hyphenation: be‧be
Noun
bebeCategory:Interlingua lemmas#BEBECategory:Interlingua nouns#BEBECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Japanese
Romanization
bebeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#BEBECategory:Japanese romanizations#BEBECategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#BEBECategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier bebai, from Proto-PhilippineCategory:Kapampangan terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#BEBECategory:Kapampangan terms derived from Proto-Philippine#BEBE *baybay. Compare Tagalog baybay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbebe/ [ˈbɛː.bɛː]Category:Kapampangan terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
- Hyphenation: be‧be
Noun
bébéCategory:Kapampangan lemmas#BEBECategory:Kapampangan nouns#BEBECategory:Kapampangan entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Derived terms
Makasar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbebe/, [ˈɓɛ.bɛ]Category:Makasar terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
- Hyphenation: be‧be
Noun
bebe (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨅᨙ)Category:Makasar lemmas#BEBECategory:Makasar nouns#BEBECategory:Makasar entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Synonyms
Affixations
Further reading
Category:mak:Bodily fluids#BEBECategory:mak:Mouth#BEBEPapiamentu
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese#BEBE beber and SpanishCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish#BEBE beber and KabuverdianuCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu#BEBE bebi.
Verb
bebeCategory:Papiamentu lemmas#BEBECategory:Papiamentu verbs#BEBECategory:Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- to drink
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
bebeCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#BEBECategory:Portuguese verb forms#BEBECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- inflection of beber:
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#BEBECategory:Romanian terms derived from French#BEBE bébé and also influenced by EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#BEBECategory:Romanian terms derived from English#BEBE baby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe.be/, /beˈbe/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
Noun
bebe m (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#BEBECategory:Romanian nouns#BEBECategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#BEBECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Romanian masculine nouns#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | bebe | bebeul |
| genitive-dative | bebe | bebeului |
| vocative | bebeule | |
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | bebe | bebele |
| genitive-dative | bebe | bebelui |
| vocative | bebe | |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbebe/ [ˈbe.β̞e]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#BEBECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#BEBEAudio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ebeCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ebe#BEBECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ebe/2 syllables#BEBE
- Syllabification: be‧be
Etymology 1
Variant of bebé.
Noun
bebe m (plural bebes, feminine beba, feminine plural bebas)Category:Spanish lemmas#BEBECategory:Spanish nouns#BEBECategory:Spanish countable nouns#BEBECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Etymology 2
Verb
bebeCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#BEBECategory:Spanish verb forms#BEBECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- inflection of beber:
Further reading
- “bebe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Probably from FonCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Fon#BEBE gbɛ̀gbɛ́-tín (“Pterocarpus tree”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bebe/, [bɪ̞bɪ̞], [be̝be̝]Category:Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
Noun
bebeCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#BEBECategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#BEBECategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- any tree of the genus Pterocarpus
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Norval Smith (2009), “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 468.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbebe/ [ˈbɛː.bɛ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#BEBECategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
- Rhymes: -ebeCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ebe#BEBECategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ebe/2 syllables#BEBE
- Syllabification: be‧beCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#BEBE
Noun
bebe (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BEBECategory:Tagalog nouns#BEBECategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BEBECategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BEBECategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE (colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#BEBE)
- alternative form of beybi
Derived terms
Ternate

Etymology
From IndonesianCategory:Ternate terms derived from Indonesian#BEBE bebek.
Pronunciation
Noun
bebeCategory:Ternate lemmas#BEBECategory:Ternate nouns#BEBECategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- a duck
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tiruray
Noun
bebeCategory:Tiruray lemmas#BEBECategory:Tiruray nouns#BEBECategory:Tiruray entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
Turkish
Etymology
Alteration of bebek (“baby”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈbe/, [be̞ˈbɛ]Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#BEBE
Noun
bebe (definite accusative bebeyi, plural bebeler)Category:Turkish lemmas#BEBECategory:Turkish nouns#BEBECategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- (colloquialCategory:Turkish colloquialisms#BEBE) child, kid, baby
- (colloquialCategory:Turkish colloquialisms#BEBE) brat
Declension
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Further reading
- “bebe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
West Makian
Etymology
Reduplication of be (“water”)Category:West Makian reduplications#BEBE.
Pronunciation
Verb
bebeCategory:West Makian lemmas#BEBECategory:West Makian verbs#BEBECategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#BEBECategory:Pages with entries#BEBECategory:Pages with 19 entries#BEBE
- (transitiveCategory:West Makian transitive verbs#BEBE, informalCategory:West Makian informal terms#BEBE) to drink
- Synonym: joube (polite)