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babes

/beɪbz/

babes is the plural of babe.

babes is the alternative form of babe.

Meaning of babe

Noun

babe (plural babes)

  1. (literary, poetic) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
    • These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
    Synonyms:
    baby, child, infant
  2. (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman.
    • She's a real babe!
    Synonyms:
    hottie, looker
  3. (endearing) A darling (a term of endearment).
    • Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?

See all 4 meanings of babe

Origin of babes

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From babe + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Phrases with babes

Questions about babes

What is babes the plural of?
Babes is the plural of babe.
How do you pronounce babes?
Babes is pronounced /beɪbz/.

Words near babes in the dictionary

  1. Babergh
  2. Babers
  3. Baberses
  4. Baberton
  5. babery
  6. babes
  7. babes in arms
  8. babes in the wood
  9. babes in the woods
  10. babes-in-a-cradle
  11. babeship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: babes (page history and authors); babe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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