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Plural of baby

regular plural

The plural of baby is babies.

Forms of baby

Singularbaby /ˈbeɪ.bi/
Pluralbabies /ˈbeɪbiz/
Countablecountable

Babies in a sentence

  • In that film, I often hid my head in my hands, unable to watch scenes about dead babies and diving into gruesome lavatories.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian
  • Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.From the entry birth
  • My daughter's pet rabbit had babies, and now we've literally got rabbits coming out of our ears.From the entry literally
  • This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.From the entry breastfeed
  • Jim met his wife when she was collecting for the black babies.From the entry black babies

Meaning of baby

  1. noun A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
  2. noun A very young human, even if not yet born.
  3. noun Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.

Full definition of baby

Questions about the plural of baby

What is the plural of baby?
The plural of baby is babies.
Is baby countable?
Baby is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baby (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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