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{{also|Baby}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{multiple images
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|image1 = Baby.jpg
|caption1 = A human baby
|image2 = Baby ginger monkey.jpg
|caption2 = A baby [[monkey#Noun|monkey]]
|image3 = Smaller Babyelephant45 from wiki commons.jpg
|caption3 = A baby [[elephant]] (sometimes called a [[calf]])
}}

From {{inh|en|enm|baby}}, {{m|enm|babie|t=baby}}, a diminutive form of {{m|enm|babe|t=babe, baby}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|babe|y|alt2=y/-ie|t2=endearing and diminutive suffix|id2=diminutive}}. Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare {{m|en|babble}}). <ref>{{R:Etymonline|babe}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|en|RP|GA}} {{enPR|bā'bē}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈbeɪbi/}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-baby.ogg|Audio (RP)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-baby.ogg|Audio (GA)}}
* {{audio|en|En-a baby.oga|Audio}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪbi|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A very [[young]] [[human]], particularly from [[birth]] to a couple of years old or until [[walking]] is fully mastered.
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XLIV|67|The '''baby''' new to earth and sky,<br>⁠What time his tender palm is prest<br>⁠Against the circle of the breast,<br>Has never thought that ‘this is I:’ {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=January 19, 2017
|author=Peter Bradshaw
|title=T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint
|work=The Guardian
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/19/t2-trainspotting-review-ewan-mcgregor-danny-boyle-sequel
|page=
|passage=In that film, I often hid my head in my hands, unable to watch scenes about dead '''babies''' and diving into gruesome lavatories.}}
# A very young [[human]], even if not yet [[born]].
#: {{ux|en|When is your '''baby''' due?}}
#: {{ux|en|Her '''baby''' had always been active, even before he was born, when he would kick her bladder.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2013-06-07|author=Natalie Pierce|title=Weaving My Way Through Life|publisher=Author House|isbn=9781481759120|page=44
|text=Karen went to England to have her '''baby''' several months before he was born so he would have the medication she needed before the '''baby''' was born and she wanted the doctors she was used to when she lived there. It would be cheaper to have the '''baby''' in England. Karen named the '''baby''' Bill Joseph {{...}} He laughed a lot and loved his bath which he took in a plastic '''baby''' tub. }}
# Any very young [[animal]], especially a [[vertebrate]]; many species have specific names for their babies, such as [[kitten]]s for the babies of [[cat]]s, [[puppy|puppies]] for the babies of [[dog]]s, and [[chick]]s for the babies of [[bird]]s. See [[:Category:Baby animals]] for more.
# A person who is [[immature]], [[infantile]] or [[feeble]].
#: {{ux|en|Stand up for yourself – don't be such a '''baby'''!}}
# A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
#: {{ux|en|I only qualified as an architect this summer, so I'm still a '''baby'''.}}
# The [[lastborn]] of a [[family]]; the youngest [[sibling]], irrespective of age.
#: {{ux|en|Adam is the '''baby''' of the family.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1895|author=S. R. Crockett|title=A Cry Across the Black Water
|passage="You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the '''baby''' and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.}}
#* {{RQ:Lindsay Redheap|page=114|passage="He's a year older than me." "You're the '''baby''', eh?"}}
# A person's romantic partner; {{n-g|a term of [[endearment]] used to refer to or address}} one's [[girlfriend]], [[boyfriend]] or [[spouse]].
#: {{ux|en|Too busy thinking about my '''baby''', and I ain't got time for nothing else.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Baby''', don't cry.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1956|lyricist=Mae Boren Axton; Tommy Durden; Elvis Presley|title=w:Heartbreak Hotel|artist=w:Elvis Presley|passage=Well, since my '''baby''' left me,<br>Well, I found a new place to dwell.<br>Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street<br>At Heartbreak Hotel.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} {{n-g|A form of [[address]] to a person considered to be [[attractive]].}}
#: {{ux|en|Hey '''baby''', what are you doing later?}}
# A [[concept]] or [[creation]] endeared by its [[creator]].
#: {{usex|en|This test program I've designed is my new '''baby'''.}}
# A [[pet]] [[project]] or [[responsibility]].
#: {{ux|en|You need to talk to John about that – it's his '''baby'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1996|author=w:Orlando Figes|title=A People's Tragedy|page=902|publisher=Folio Society|year_published=2015
|passage=Sovnarkom was Lenin's '''baby''', it was where he focused all his energies […].}}
# {{non-gloss definition|An [[affectionate]] term for anything.}}
#: {{ux|en|See my new car here? I can't wait to take this '''baby''' for a drive.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A small image of an infant; a [[doll]].
# {{lb|en|often|_|attributive}} One who is new to an [[identity]] or [[community]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2020|author=Nina Kahn|title=The Joy of Hex: Modern Spells Without All the Bullsh*t|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Joy_of_Hex/_i_QDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22baby+witches%22&pg=PT56|page=unnumbered
|passage=These more general spells and rituals can also be helpful for '''baby''' witches, who might want more time to practice before they hop into highly-specific spells.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2020|author=Jane Kolven|title=The Holiday Detour|pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Holiday_Detour/DfoOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22baby+dyke%22&pg=PT26|page=unnumbered
|passage=That was even worse than blurting my sexuality like I had when I was what we called a “'''baby''' dyke” in college, desperate to find other lesbians for friendship or more.}}
#* '''2021''', Yve Rees, quoted in Sam Elkin & Yve Rees, "Spilling the T", ''Bent Street: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas'', Volume 5, Issue 1, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bent_Street_5_1/hYs0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22baby+trans%22&pg=PT10 unnumbered page]:
#*: As someone who is still a ''''baby''' trans', these collaborations have taught me so much about what it means to live outside cisnormativity.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|young human being}} {{l|en|babe}}, {{l|en|babby}}, {{l|en|babbie}}, {{l|en|infant}}, see also [[Thesaurus:baby]]
* {{sense|young animal}} see [[Thesaurus:youngling]]
* {{sense|immature or infantile person}} {{l|en|big baby}}
* {{sense|term of endearment}} {{l|en|love}}, see also [[Thesaurus:sweetheart]]

====Descendants====
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* {{desc|kw|babi|bor=1}}
* {{desc|da|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fi|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|fr|bébé|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|de|Baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ia|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|it|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nb|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nn|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|xsl|bebí|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|baby|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|baby|bor=1}}
{{desc-bottom}}

====Translations====
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{{trans-top|very young human being}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|аӡҟы}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|нану}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|baba}}
* Ainu: {{tt|ain|アィアィ|tr=ayay}}
* Akan: {{tt|ak|akokoa}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|foshnjë|f}}, {{tt+|sq|bebe|f}}
* Aleut: {{tt|ale|aniqdux}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ሕፃን}}, {{tt|am|ማቲ}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|رَضِيع|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|طفل|m|tr=tefl}}, {{tt|arz|بيبي|m|tr=bebīʕ}}, {{tt|arz|نونو|m|tr=nono}}
* Aragonese: {{t-needed|an}}
* Aramaic:
*: Classical Syriac: {{tt|syc|ܥܘܠܐ|tr=ʿūllā}}
* Armenian: {{tt|hy|մանկիկ}}, {{tt+|hy|երեխա}}, {{tt+|hy|մանուկ}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|tsup|m}}, {{tt|rup|ciup|m}}, {{tt|rup|nat|m}}, {{tt|rup|beb|m}}, {{tt|rup|ficiuric|m}}, {{tt|rup|pup|m}}, {{tt|rup|pupul|m}}, {{tt|rup|poci}}, {{tt|rup|niphiu}}, {{tt|rup|njitsico}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|কেঁচুৱা}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|bebé|m}}, {{tt+|ast|neñu}}
* Aymara: {{tt+|ay|wawa}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|körpə}}, {{tt+|az|uşaq}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|бала}}, {{tt|ba|бәләкәй бала}}, {{tt|ba|йәш бала}}, {{tt|ba|бәпәй}}, {{tt|ba|сабый}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|jaioberri}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|дзіця́|n}}, {{tt|be|немаўля́|n}}, {{tt|be|немаўлё|n}}, {{tt|be|маладзе́нец|m}}, {{tt|be|дзіцяня́|n}}, {{tt|be|дзіцянё|n}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|শিশু}}, {{tt+|bn|বাচ্চা}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|umboy}}, {{tt+|bcl|aki}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|babig|m}}, {{tt+|br|poupig|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|бе́бе|n}}, {{tt+|bg|пелена́че|n}}, {{tt+|bg|кърма́че|n}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ကလေး}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|nadó|m}}, {{tt+|ca|bebè|m}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|chechakama}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|бер}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᎤᏍᏗᎢ}}
* Chickasaw: {{tt|cic|pushkush}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|BB|tr=bi4 bi1}}, {{tt|yue|蘇蝦仔|tr=sou1 haa1 zai2}}, {{tt|yue|𤘅孲仔|tr=ngaa4 ngaa1 zai2, ngaa4 aa1 zai2}}, {{tt|yue|蝦仔|tr=haa1 zai2}}, {{tt+|yue|BB仔|tr=bi1-4 bi1 zai2}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|вава}}, {{tt|dng|ва}}, {{tt|dng|щёхэр}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|兒囝囝|tr=niè-giāng-giāng / niāng-giāng}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt|nan-hbl|嬰仔|tr=iⁿ-á, eⁿ-á}}
*: Jin: {{tt|cjy|小娃娃|tr=xiau2 va1 va1-3}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|嬰兒}}, {{tt+|cmn|娃娃}}, {{tt+|cmn|小娃娃}}, {{tt+|cmn|宝宝}}, {{tt+|cmn|嬰幼兒}}, {{tt+|cmn|嬰孩}}, {{tt+|cmn|嬰|tr=yīng}} {{qualifier|literary}}
*: Northern Min: {{tt|mnp|𤘅仔|tr=ngā-ciě}}
*: Teochew: {{tt|nan-tws|細孥囝|tr=soi3 nou5 gian2}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|小毛頭}}, {{tt|wuu|小小囡}}
* Chiricahua: [[’áłchiné]] (Chiricahua); [[’éłchiné]] (Mescalero)
* Chukchi: {{tt-check|ckt|нененеӈ}}
* Comanche: {{tt|com|onaa}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|babi|m}}
* Corsican: {{tt|co|ciucciu|m}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bebey}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|děťátko|n}}, {{tt+|cs|miminko|n}}, {{tt+|cs|nemluvně|n}}, {{tt+|cs|kojenec|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|spædbarn|n}}, {{tt+|da|baby|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|baby|m}}, {{tt+|nl|zuigeling|m}}, {{tt+|nl|geborene|m|f}}, {{tt+|nl|pasgeborene|m|f}}, {{tt|nl|nieuwgeborene|m|f}}, {{tt+|nl|boreling|m}}, {{tt+|nl|wiegenkind|n}}
* Elfdalian: {{tt|ovd|lisllislkripp|m}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|bebo}}, {{tt+|eo|infaneto}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|beebi}}, {{tt|et|rinnalaps}}, {{tt|et|imik}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|pinkubarn|n}}, {{tt|fo|nýføðingur|m}}, {{tt|fo|vøggubarn|n}}, {{tt|fo|havingarbarn|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|vauva}} {{qualifier|not older than two years}}, {{tt+|fi|pikkulapsi}} {{qualifier|up to 5-6 years}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|bébé|m}}
* Friulian: {{t-needed|fur}}
* Ga: {{tt|gaa|gbeke abefaw}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|bebé|m}}, {{tt+|gl|meniño|m}}, {{tt|gl|nené|m}}
* Gallurese: {{tt|sdn|stéddu}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბალღი}}, {{tt|ka|ჩვილი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Baby|n}}, {{tt+|de|Säugling|m}}, {{tt+|de|Kleinkind|n}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|βρέφος|n}}, {{tt+|el|μωρό|n}}, {{tt+|el|νήπιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|βρέφος|n}}, {{tt|grc|μωρός|m}}, {{tt|grc|νήπιον|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|naalungiarsuk}}
* Guerrero Amuzgo: {{tt|amu|lë'}}
* Gujarati: {{tt|gu|શિશુ|m}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|bebe}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|jariri}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|keiki}}, {{tt|haw|pēpē}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|תִּינוֹק|m|tr=tinók}}, {{tt+|he|תינוקת|f|tr=tinóket|alt=תינוקת \ תִּינֹקֶת}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|शिशु|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बच्चा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|csecsemő}}, {{tt+|hu|bébi}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{tt+|hu|baba}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|barn|n}}, {{tt+|is|ungbarn|n}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|infanteto}}, {{tt+|io|bebeo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|bayi}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|titi}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|baby}}, {{tt|ia|bebe}}
* Inuktitut: {{tt|iu|ᓄᑕᕋᖅ}}, {{tt|iu|ᒥᕋᔪᖅ}}
*: Inuvialuk: [[nutaraaluk]], [[miraaluk]]
*: West Inuktitun: [[nutaralaaq]], [[miraq]]
* Inupiaq: {{tt|ik|paipuraq}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|leanbh}}, {{tt|ga|leanbán|m}}, {{tt|ga|páistín|m}}, {{tt|ga|báb|f}}, {{tt|ga|babaí|m}}, {{tt|ga|bábán|m}}, {{tt|ga|gineog|f}} {{qualifier|girl}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|bambino|m}}, {{tt+|it|bambina|f}}, {{tt+|it|bimbo|m}}, {{tt+|it|bimba|f}}, {{tt+|it|bebè|m}}, {{tt+|it|infante|m|f}}, {{tt+|it|fanciullo}}
* Itelmen: {{tt|itl|mashat-kaz}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|赤ちゃん|tr=あかちゃん, akachan}}, {{tt+|ja|赤ん坊|tr=あかんぼう, akanbō}}, {{tt+|ja|嬰児|tr=えいじ, eiji}}, {{tt+|ja|幼児|tr=ようじ, yōji}}, {{tt+|ja|赤子|tr=あかご, akago}}, {{tt+|ja|ベビー|tr=bebī}}, {{tt|ja|乳飲み子|tr=ちのみご, chinomigo}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|bayi}}
* Jingpho: [[ma#Jingpho|ma]], {{tt|kac|ma chyangai}}, {{tt|kac|ma kasha}}, {{tt|kac|manga kasha}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಶಿಶು}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|бала}}, {{tt|kk|сәби}}, {{tt|kk|бөбек}}, {{tt|kk|бөпе}}, {{tt+|kk|нәресте}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|កូនង៉ែត}}, {{tt|km|កូនង៉ា}}, {{tt|km|ង៉ា}}, {{tt+|km|ង៉ែត}}, {{tt+|km|ទារក}} {{qualifier|boy}}, {{tt+|km|ទារិកា}} {{qualifier|girl}}, {{tt|km|កូនខ្ចី}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|mwana}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|아기}}, {{tt+|ko|유아(乳兒)}}, {{tt+|ko|젖먹이}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|sava|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|pitik|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|bebik|m|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|бала}}, {{tt+|ky|наристе}}
* Ladin: {{tt|lld|pop|m}}, {{tt|lld|popa|f}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ເດັກນ້ອຍ}}, {{tt+|lo|ແອນ້ອຍ}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|infans|m|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|zīdainis|m}}, {{tt|lv|bēbis|m}}, {{tt+|lv|mazulis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|kūdikis|m}}, {{tt|lt|žinduklis|m}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|omwana}}
* Lutshootseed: {{tt|lut|biʔbədaʔ}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt|lb|Bëbee|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|бебе|n}}, {{tt|mk|детенце|n}}, {{tt|mk|мало|n}}, {{tt|mk|доенче|n}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|bayi}}, {{tt+|ms|anak}}, {{tt|ms|anak kecil}}
* Malayalam: {{tt|ml|വാവ}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|tarbija}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|lhiannoo|m}}, {{tt|gv|oikan|m}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|pēpi}}, {{tt|mi|tamahou}} {{qualifier|baby boy}}, {{tt|mi|hinehou}} {{qualifier|baby girl}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|बाळ|m|f}}
* Meru: {{tt|mer|mwana}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|babe}}
* Mirandese: {{t-needed|mwl}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|нялх хүүхэд}}, {{tt|mn|нярай хүүхэд}}, {{tt+|mn|маамуу}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|awééʼ}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|बच्चा}}, {{tt|ne|शिशु}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{tt|cst|'át̄ús}}
* Northern Sami: {{tt|se|njuoratmánná}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|spedbarn|n}}, {{tt+|nb|baby|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|spedbarn|n}}, {{tt|nn|baby|m}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|nenet|m}}
* Odia: {{tt+|or|ଶିଶୁ}}
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|abinoojiiyens}}, {{tt|oj|biibii}}
* Old English: {{tt+|ang|ċild|n}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|daa'ima}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|сывӕллон}}, {{tt|os|саби}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|ببك|tr=bebek}}, {{tt|ota|وشاق|tr=vuşak}}, {{tt|ota|صبی|tr=sabi}}, {{tt|ota|نوزاد|tr=nevzad}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|ماشوم|m|tr=māšúm}}, {{tt|ps|مورروى|m|tr=morrᶕway}}, {{tt+|ps|شيرخوره|m|f|tr=širxóra}}, {{tt|ps|کوکی|m|f|tr=kokáy}}
* Persian: 
*: Dari: {{tt+|prs|اُشْتُک|tr=uštuk}}, {{tt|prs|اُشْتُکَک|tr=uštukak}}, {{tt+|prs|بچه|tr=bačča}}, {{tt+|prs|کودک|tr=kōdak}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|بچه|tr=bačče}}, {{tt+|fa-ira|کودک|tr=kudak}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|niemowlę|n}}, {{tt+|pl|niemowlak|m-an}}, {{tt+|pl|maluch|m-an}}, {{tt+|pl|dziecko|n}}, {{tt+|pl|dzidziuś|m}} {{qualifier|affectionately}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|bebé|m}} {{q|Portugal}}, {{tt+|pt|bebê|m}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{tt+|pt|neném|m}} {{q|Brazil}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|bebe|m}}, {{tt+|ro|bebeluș|m}}, {{tt+|ro|bebeluș|m}}, {{tt+|ro|copilaș|m}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|pop|m}}, {{tt|rm|poppa|f}}, {{tt|rm|uffantin|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|младе́нец|m}}, {{tt+|ru|малы́ш|m}}, {{tt+|ru|малы́шка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|ребёнок|m}}, {{tt+|ru|дитя́|n}}, {{tt+|ru|малю́тка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|кро́шка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|бе́би|m|f|tr=bɛ́bi}}
* Saanich: {{tt|str|ḴAḴ}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|स्तनप|m}}, {{tt+|sa|स्तनन्धय|m}}, {{tt+|sa|शिशु|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|creadura|f}}
*: Campidanese: {{tt|sc|criadura}}, {{tt|sc|pipìu}}, {{tt|sc|nennu}}
*: Logudorese: {{tt|sc|criadura}}
* Sassarese: {{tt|sdc|criaddura}}, {{tt|sdc|piccinnéddu}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|leanabh|m}}, {{tt|gd|leanaban|m}}, {{tt|gd|naoidhean|m}}, {{tt|gd|pàisde|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|бе́ба|f}}, {{tt|sh|малѝша̄н|m}}, {{tt|sh|дете́нце|n}}, {{tt|sh|дјете́нце|n}}, {{tt|sh|новоро̀ђе̄нче|n}}, {{tt|sh|о̀до̄јче|n}}, {{tt|sh|до̀је̄нче|n}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|béba|f}}, {{tt+|sh|malìšān|m}}, {{tt+|sh|deténce|n}}, {{tt+|sh|djeténce|n}}, {{tt+|sh|novoròđēnče|n}}, {{tt+|sh|òdōjče|n}}, {{tt+|sh|dòjēnče|n}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|nutricu}}
* Sidamo: {{tt|sid|qaaqqo}}
* Sindhi: {{t-needed|sd}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|බබා}}, {{tt|si|ළදරුවා}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|dojča|n}}, {{tt|sk|bábätko|n}}, {{tt|sk|bábo}}, {{tt|sk|nemluvňa|n}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|dojenček|m}}, {{tt+|sl|dete|n}}
* Somali: {{tt|so|nuuno}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|baby|n}}, {{tt|dsb|góletko|n}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|baby|m|n}}, {{tt|hsb|ćěšenk|m}}
* Sotho: {{tt|st|lesea}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|bebé|m}}, {{tt+|es|nene|m}}, {{tt+|es|niño|m}}, {{tt+|es|niña|f}}, {{tt+|es|bebe|m}} {{qualifier|Argentina}}, {{tt+|es|guagua|f}} {{qualifier|Bolivia|Chile}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|ᮇᮛᮧᮊ᮪}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto mchanga|c1|c2}}, {{tt+|sw|mwana}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|spädbarn}}, {{tt+|sv|bäbis}} {{qualifier|[[hypocoristic]]}}, {{tt+|sv|bebis|c}}, {{tt+|sv|baby|c}} {{qualifier|less than about one year old}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|sanggol}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|кудак}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|குழந்தை}}, {{t+|ta|சிசு}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|ȕpʼiléna}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|asiymi|m}}, {{t|rif|aḥḍiḍ|m}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|бәбәй}}, {{tt+|tt|бәби}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పసిపాప}}, {{tt+|te|శిశువు}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|เด็กอ่อน}}, {{tt|th|เด็กน้อย}}, {{tt+|th|ทารก}} {{qualifier|boy}}, {{tt|th|ทาริกา}} {{qualifier|girl}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|པུ་གུ}}
* Tongan: {{tt|to|pēpē}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|bebek}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|bala}}, {{tt+|tk|bäbek}}
* Twi: abɔfra
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|дити́на|f}}, {{tt+|uk|ля́лька|f}}, {{tt|uk|немовля́|n}}, {{tt|uk|немовля́тко|n}}, {{tt|uk|малю́к|m}}, {{tt|uk|дитя́тко|n}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بچہ|m|tr=baccā}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|بوۋاق}}, {{tt|ug|گۆدەك}}, {{tt+|ug|كىچىك}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|chaqaloq}}, {{tt+|uz|goʻdak}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|bé}}, {{tt+|vi|em bé}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|vo|cilil}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt|vo|hicilil}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|jicilil}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|vo|sügäb}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt|vo|hisügäb}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|jisügäb}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt|vo|putül}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt|vo|hiputül}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|jiputül}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|vo|käläb}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt|vo|hikäläb}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|jikäläb}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt|vo|tuülacil}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt|vo|tuülahicil}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|tuülajicil}}
* Walloon: {{t-needed|wa}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|baban|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|poppe}}
* Western Apache: {{tt|apw|mę́’}}
* Wiradjuri: {{tt|wrh|gudha}}
* Xhosa: {{t-needed|xh}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|ньирэй оҕо}}
* Yámana: {{tt|yag|kayola}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|עופֿעלע|tr=eyfele|n}}, {{tt|yi|זייגקינד|n}}, {{tt|yi|זויגלינג|m}}, {{tt|yi|בייבי}} {{qualifier|American Chassidic}}, {{tt|yi|בובעלע}} {{qualifier|Israeli Haredi}}
* Yup'ik: {{tt|esu|piipiraq}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|usana|c11|c10}}, {{tt+|zu|ingane|c9|c10}}
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{{trans-top|young animal}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|jong}}, {{tt|af|kleintjie}}
* Aleut: {{tt|ale|chiidax̂}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|崽|tr=zǎi}}, {{tt+|cmn|毛毛|tr=máomao}}, {{tt+|cmn|小崽子|tr=xiǎozǎizi}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bebey}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|jong|f}}, {{tt+|nl|kleintje|m|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|poikanen}}, {{tt+|fi|poika}} {{qualifier|in compounds}}, {{tt+|fi|pentu}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|petit|m}}, {{tt+|fr|bébé|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Baby|n}}, {{tt+|de|Junges|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|piaraq}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|גּוּר|tr=gur|m}} (and there are special terms for certain animals)
* Inuktitut: {{tt|iu|ᐱᐊᔮᖅ}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|piccolo|m}}, {{tt+|it|cucciolo|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|赤ちゃん|tr=あかちゃん, akachan}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|새끼}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|بەچکە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|pitik|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|têjik|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|çûçelk|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|mazulis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|младо|n}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|anak}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|کُره|tr=korre}} {{qualifier|horses, donkeys, etc.}}, {{tt+|fa|توله|tr=tôle}} {{qualifier|dogs, wolves, etc.}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|filhote|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|pui|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|детёныш|m}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|mláďa}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|unge}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|бәбәй}}, {{tt+|tt|бәби}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|దూడ}}, {{tt+|te|బుజ్జాయి}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|yavru}}
* Yup'ik: {{tt|esu|piayagaq}}
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{{trans-top|immature or infantile person}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|baba}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|neñu|m}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bebey}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|pattebarn}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|baby|m}}, {{tt+|nl|kleuter|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lapsi}}, {{tt+|fi|vauva}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|bébé|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μωρός|m}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|תִּינוֹק|m|tr=tinók}}, {{tt+|he|תינוקת|f|tr=tinóket|alt=תינוקת \ תִּינֹקֶת}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|bambino|m}}
* Jingpho: [[ma#Jingpho|ma]]
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|sava|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|zarok|m|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|zīdainis|m}}, {{tt|lv|zīdaine|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|бебе|n}}, {{tt+|mk|дете|n}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|بچه|tr=bačče}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|dzieciuch|m-an}}, {{tt+|pl|maluch|m-an}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|criancinha|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|copil|m}}, {{tt+|ro|imatur}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|barnunge|c}}, {{tt+|sv|barnrumpa|c}}
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{{trans-top-also|term of endearment|darling}}
* Arabic: {{qualifier|my beloved}} {{tt|ar|حبيب|m|alt=حَبِيبِي}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|寶貝|tr=bǎobèi}}, {{tt|cmn|小寶寶|tr=xiǎobǎobao}}, {{tt+|cmn|寵兒|tr=chǒng'ér}}, {{tt+|cmn|心肝|tr=xīngān}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kulta}}; {{tt+|fi|kultsi}}, {{tt+|fi|hani}}, {{tt+|fi|beibi}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|chou|m}}, {{tt+|fr|bébé|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μωρό|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|מותק|tr=motek}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kultoin}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bella|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ベイビー|tr=beibī}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|베이비}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|berx|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|berdilî|m|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|sava|m|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|маамуу}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kochanie}}, {{tt+|pl|skarb|n}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|iubire|f}}, {{tt|ro|iubito|f}}, {{tt|ro|iubitule|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|кро́шка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|малы́ш|m}}, {{tt+|ru|малы́шка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|де́тка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|пу́псик|m}}, {{tt+|ru|бе́би|m|f|tr=bɛ́bi}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|leannan|m}}, {{tt+|gd|gràdh|m}}, {{tt+|gd|gaol|m}}, {{tt|gd|rùn|m}}, {{tt|gd|rùnag|f}}, {{tt|gd|mìlseachd|alt=a mhìlseachd|f}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పిల్ల}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|babi}}, {{tt+|cy|cariad}}
* Zulu: {{tt+|zu|isingane|c7|c8}}
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{{trans-top|form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|حبيب|m|alt=حَبِيبِي}} {{qualifier|lit.: "my beloved"; to a man or a woman}}, {{tt|ar|عَزِيزِي|m}} {{qualifier|lit.: "my dear"; to a man or a woman}}
* Armenian: {{tt|hy|պուպսիկ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|親愛的|tr=qīn'ài de}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|stuk|f}}, {{tt+|nl|schatje|f}}, {{tt+|nl|liefje|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kulta}}, {{tt+|fi|beibi}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|beau|m|alt=mon beau}} {{qualifier|to a man}}, {{tt+|fr|belle|f|alt=ma belle}} {{qualifier|to a woman}}
* German: {{tt+|de|süß|m|alt=mein Süßer}} {{qualifier|to a man}}, {{tt+|de|süß|f|alt=meine Süße}} {{qualifier|to a woman}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μωρό|n}}, {{tt+|el|μπέμπα|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|bello|m}} {{qualifier|to a man}}, {{tt+|it|bella|f}} {{qualifier|to a woman}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ダーリン|tr=dārin}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|delal|m|f}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|sayang}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|bejbe}}, {{tt+|pl|mała|f}} {{qualifier|to a woman}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|docinho}}, {{tt+|pt|belo|m}}, {{tt+|pt|bela|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|drăguță|f}}, {{tt|ro|frumoaso}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ми́лый|m}} {{qualifier|to a man}}, {{tt+|ru|милый|f|alt=ми́лая}} {{qualifier|to a woman}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|nene|m}}, {{tt+|es|nena|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|älskling|c}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|bebot}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పిల్లాడు|m}}, {{tt+|te|పిల్ల|f}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|bebek}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|babi}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|קעצעלע}}
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{{trans-top|pet project}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|kindje|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lapsi}}, {{tt+|fi|silmäterä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|bébé|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|rūpju bērns}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|dieťa}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|barn|n}}, {{tt+|sv|ögonsten|c}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|మానస పుత్రిక}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|lastborn of a family}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|baba}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|кинйә}}, {{tt|ba|төпсөк}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|benjamí|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|benjamin|c}}, {{t|da|yngstemand|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|benjamin|m}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|pesamuna}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kuopus}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|benjamin|m}}, {{tt+|fr|benjamine|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Nesthäkchen|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|תִּינוֹק|m|tr=tinók}}, {{tt+|he|תינוקת|f|tr=tinóket|alt=תינוקת \ תִּינֹקֶת}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt|kmr|axirpişt|m|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|pastarītis|m}}, {{tt|lv|pastaris|m}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|pōtiki}},
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|lókʼeeshchąąʼí}}
* Persian: {{tt|fa|ته تغاری|tr=tah tağâri}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|benjamim|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|mezin|m}}, {{tt+|ro|mezină|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt|es|benjamín|m}}, {{tt|es|benjamina|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|minsting|c}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* North Alaskan Inupiatun: {{tt-check|ikt|[[qitunrauraq]] [[paipiraq]]}}
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}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|gamete}}, {{l|en|zygote}}, {{l|en|morula}}, {{l|en|blastocyst}}, {{l|en|embryo}}, {{l|en|fetus}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er|babyer|baby-er}}

# {{lb|en|of vegetables, etc.}} Picked when small and immature (as in ''baby corn'', ''baby potatoes'').
# {{cap|newest}} (overall, or in some group or state); most [[inexperienced]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1894|author=Marion Harland|title=The Royal Road, Or, Taking Him at His Word|page=136
|passage=Mrs. Paull held out her hand to the '''babyest''' of the quartette, as they tiptoed up to  the bed. “Lift her up, please, Marie!” she said, motioning to the place enclosed by her arm. When the rosy cheek touched hers upon the pillow, she asked&nbsp;...}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1910|author=Marion Harland|title=Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life|page=408
|passage=That evening, we grouped about the fire in the parlor, a wide circle that left room for the '''babyest''' of the party to disport themselves upon the rug, in the glow of the grate piled with cannel coal.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Marion Halligan|title=The Apricot Colonel|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=9781741158588
|passage=Of when I was a '''baby''' editor. Very '''baby''', it was actually a kind of work experience, I was still at university but I knew what I wanted. With a small independent publisher, good reputation, did some marvellous books, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2020
|author=Hannah Abigail Clarke
|title=The Scapegracers
|publisher=Erewhon
|isbn=9781645660002
|page=391
|passage={{...}} party for Halloween proper? Just the four of us and some goofy, spooky kids' movies, you know? Some cute pumpkin-shaped cupcakes? I could make my dog a little costume. He could be a baby witch. The '''babyest''' Scapegracer.” I blinked.}}
# {{lb|en|in the comparative or superlative}} Like or pertaining to a [[#Noun|baby]], in size or youth; small, young.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1888|title=Monthly Packet|page=170
|passage=Spider. Here  let us begin at the beginning, at the '''babyest''' of books for Edith&#39;s nursery.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1894|author=Edith E. Cuthell|title=Two Little Children and Ching|page=107
|passage=She let it drop out of her sleeve, and it was two Chings — the dearest, littlest, '''babyest''', tiny Chings — little balls of fur! And she ran away, and daddy&#39;s father picked them up, and put them in his pockets, and brought them home, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1908|author=Marion Harland|title=Housekeeper's Guide and Family Physician|page=98
|passage=Lemon-juice for ink spots: Not many weeks ago the '''babyest''' member of our  household - perhaps moved by a hereditary tendency toward ink - slinging - divided the contents of an ink bottle impartially between the tiles of the bath-room floor&nbsp;...}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1908|author=Mary Findlater; Jane Helen Findlater|title=Crossriggs|page=25
|passage="There&#39;s a '''babier''' baby than Mike," she said. "But you will see her to-morrow. Aren&#39;t we rich? Come in and see Matilda - you won&#39;t find her much changed. It&#39;s so absurd to see her with all these children."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1936|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs|title=To Promote the National Defense by Stengthening the Air Reserve, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4348, 12241, Feb 27, April 22, 1936|page=31
|passage=Now, we all believe in national defense, but we also believe in peacetime activity, and my personal idea about aviation is that it is still in its absolute “'''babyest'''” type of infancy, that it is nothing even approaching what it will be even 10 years [from now].}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Recreation Activities in City Attain New Peak in Past Week|journal=[[w:Lansing State Journal|The State Journal]]|volume_plain=eighty-third year|location=Lansing, Mich.|date=7 August 1937|section=section “Doll Show at Allen”|page=2|column=7|passage=A doll show held the attention of children at Allen as a special feature during the week. Winners were:{{...}}'''baby-est''' doll, Betty McQueary.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Charles P. Stewart|title=Washington At A Glance|journal=[[w:The Independent (Massillon)|The Evening Independent]]|volume=LXXIV|issue=130|location=Massillon, Oh.|date=22 October 1940|page=five|column=2|passage=He’ll &#91;{{w|Joseph H. Ball}}&#93; be our baby senator for the next two years. Senator [[w:Rush Holt Sr.|Rush D. Holt]] of West Virginia will be his baby rival briefly, but Rush is a lame duck. He’ll be out of the picture at the end of the year and Joe will be the '''baby-est''' of them all.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Herb Smith|title=Recreation In Cedar Grove|journal=Verona-Cedar Grove Times|volume=XII|issue=31|location=Verona, N.J.|date=4 August 1960|page=26|column=2|passage=The victorious individuals were as follows: Doll Contest—{{...}}“'''baby-est''',” 1st, Mary Grew, 2nd, Susan Shamlian;}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Liz Nicholls|title=Gala to mark Teatro’s entry into the quarter-century club|journal=w:Edmonton Journal|location=Edmonton, Alta.|date=2 August 2007|page=D3|column=1|passage=One of them, Allure Potemkin (and don’t you wish that was ''your'' name?), hikes up her slip and does a riotous dance number called ''Baby Legs''. Leona Brausen, whose own dimpled gams — “'''baby-er''' than ever” as she says — inspired the role, is back onstage Saturday to dance the dance for the last time.}}

====Further reading====
* {{cite-text|en|year=1987|author=Raphael Sappan|title=The Rhetorical-logical Classification of Semantic Changes|volume=5|page=58
|passage=''Baby''. In its attributive uses, the word has the meaning &#39;small, tiny&#39;. In the following sentence it is a metonym, still preserving its relation to the original meaning: “There is a babier baby than M.” (in the entry ''baby'' of the first volume of&nbsp;{{...}}}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[coddle]]; to [[pamper]] somebody like an infant.
#* {{RQ:Lewis Babbitt|passage={{...}} though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be '''babied'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1944|author=w:Emily Carr|title=w:The House of All Sorts|chapter=Friction|pageurl=http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100121h.html
|passage=Then the man effected measles and stayed off the job for six weeks, '''babying''' himself at home, though he lived just round the corner from my half-built house.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[tend]] (something) with [[care]]; to be [[overly]] [[attentive]] to (something), [[fuss over]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Mr. Mac and His Team|journal=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=31 March 1967|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721111413/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941104,00.html
|passage=In the past 27 years, "Mr. Mac," as he is known to his 46,000 teammates, has built and '''babied''' his McDonnell Co. from nothing into a $1 billion-a-year corporation.}}
#* '''1912''', Linda Craig, interviewed by Theresa Forte, "Tree and Twig farm — a treasure chest of heirloom tomatoes," ''Welland Tribune'', 25 May, 2012, [https://web.archive.org/web/20171205052150/http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/05/23/tree-and-twig-farm--a-treasure-chest-of-heirloom-tomatoes]
#*: I have grown them for years and although some years are better than others, I have always had loads of tomatoes by not '''babying''' them, going easy on the water, and fertilizing with compost in the planting hole.

====Translations====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|to coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|dorloti}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|choyer}}, {{tt+|fr|dorloter}}, {{tt+|fr|pouponner}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|θωπεύω}}, {{tt+|el|κανακεύω}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|dalta}}, {{tt+|sv|pjoska}}, {{tt+|sv|klema}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to tend (something) with care}}
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}}

===Derived terms===
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|AIDS baby| baby bag|baby pants| baby ginger|diaper-baby|like robbing a baby| baby bank|baby brother|baby jogger|baby sister|iPad baby|babiness|babycatcher|babydom|babyfather|Babyflot|Babygro|babykin|babyleaf|babymother|babyolatry|babyware|Cumberbaby|gayby|newbie|theyby|unbabied
|anchor baby
|babies in the eyes
|babify
|babily
|baby alarm
|anchor baby
|baby bat
|baby batter
|baby-batterer
|baby-battering
|baby beef
|Baby Bell
|baby blue
|baby blue eyes
|baby bok choy
|baby bond
|baby bonus
|baby book
|baby boom
|baby boomer
|[[baby bottle]], [[baby's bottle]]
|baby-bouncer
|baby bouzouki
|baby boy
|baby brain
|baby buggy
|baby bump
|baby bust
|baby capsule
|babycakes
|babycare
|baby carriage
|baby carrier
|baby carrot
|baby-changing
|babycino
|baby colic
|baby corn
|baby-cut carrot
|baby daddy
|baby dick
|baby doll<!--a doll representing a baby-->
|[[baby-doll pajamas]], [[baby doll pyjamas]]
|baby duck syndrome
|baby dyke
|baby elephant in the room
|babyese
|baby face
|baby-faced
|baby farm
|baby farmer
|baby farming
|baby fat
|baby fever
|babyfic
|baby food
|baby formula
|babyfur
|baby gay
|baby girl
|babygram
|[[baby grand]], [[baby grand piano]]
|baby gravy
|babygro
|baby hatch
|babyhood
|baby-house
|babyish
|babyism
|baby-jumper
|baby-killer
|babykins
|babyless
|babylift
|babylike
|baby listening
|baby machine
|babymaker
|babymaking
|baby mama
|baby massage
|baby-minder
|baby monitor
|babymoon
|baby names
|babyness
|baby of the family
|baby oil
|baby pink
|baby powder
|babyproof
|baby queer
|baby rabies
|baby rose
|baby's breath
|baby seat
|baby shampoo
|babyship
|baby shower
|[[babysit]], [[baby-sit]]
|[[babysitter]], [[baby-sitter]]
|[[babysitting]], [[baby-sitting]]
|baby-snatcher
|baby-snatching
|babyspeak
|[[baby spot]], [[baby spotlight]]
|babystay
|baby step
|baby's tears
|baby talk
|baby tee
|baby-to-be
|baby tooth
|baby trans
|baby universe
|baby up
|baby vamp
|baby wagon
|baby-walker
|babywear
|babywearing
|baby weight
|baby wipe
|baby-wise
|baby wrangler
|Bartholomew baby
|battered baby syndrome
|be left holding the baby
|big baby<!--an adult who acts childishly-->
|Bird and Baby
|black babies
|blue baby
|blue baby syndrome
|blueberry muffin baby
|bonus baby
|boomerang baby
|bubble baby disease
|bushbaby
|crack baby
|crybaby
|cry like a baby
|cut the baby in half
|designer baby
|Dutch baby
|flipper baby
|floppy baby syndrome
|food baby
|freeze baby
|furbaby
|grandbaby
|jelly baby
|jellyfish baby
|keep the baby
|kern-baby
|knee baby
|like taking candy from a baby
|make baby Jesus cry
|mama's baby, papa's maybe
|manbaby
|merbaby
|Michelin tire baby syndrome
|nonbaby
|oops baby
|passport baby
|pissbaby
|prebaby
|production baby
|rainbow baby
|red diaper baby
|rubber baby buggy bumper
|saw the baby in half
|shaken baby syndrome
|sleep like a baby
|smooth as a baby's bottom
|soft as a baby's bottom
|sooky baby
|split the baby
|stone baby
|sugar baby
|[[tarbaby]], [[tar baby]]
|test tube baby
|thalidomide baby
|[[throw out the baby with the bathwater]], [[throw the baby out with the bathwater]]
|toilet baby
|Asian baby girl|angel baby|baby T|baby bangs|baby bar|baby blues|baby boomlet|baby bouncer|baby box|baby buster|baby change|baby changing station|baby coach|baby dedication|baby faced|baby father|baby hair|baby jumper|baby kisser|baby legs|baby momma|baby mother|baby needs new shoes|baby rice|baby sitter|baby sitting|baby sling|baby snatching|baby stroller|baby taxi|baby walker|baby-care|baby-cut|baby-daddy|baby-face|baby-farm|baby-farmer|baby-kisser|baby-mama|baby-step|baby-talk|bawl-baby|beer baby|boarder baby|bush baby|cry baby|cry-baby|eat the baby|fur baby|heart baby|leave someone holding the baby|make like a baby and head out|red-diaper baby|sow's baby|test-tube baby|throw out the baby with the bath water|throw the baby out with the bath water|trust fund baby|war baby}}
{{lookfrom|baby}}

===Related terms===
* {{l|en|babe}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|child}} <!--(including babies, but includes up to age 18, or later)-->
* {{l|en|infant}} <!--(an even earlier age)-->
* {{l|en|toddler}} <!--(the next stage of development, when a child starts to learn to walk)-->

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abby|Abby}}

[[Category:English endearing terms]]
[[Category:English terms of address]]
[[Category:en:Age]]
[[Category:en:Babies]]
[[Category:en:People]]

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|en|baby}}.

===Noun===
{{da-noun|en|er}}

# A {{l|en|baby}}, an [[infant]].
# {{lb|da|slang}} An [[attractive]] [[young]] [[female]].

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|en|er}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|da|spædbarn}}

====Derived terms====
{{der-top}}
* {{l|da|babyalarm}}
* {{l|da|babybio}}
* {{l|da|babyble}}
* {{l|da|babyblå}}
* {{l|da|babyboom}}
* {{l|da|babydoll}}
* {{l|da|babydukke}}
* {{l|da|babyface}}
* {{l|da|babyfløjl}}
* {{l|da|babylem}}
* {{l|da|babylift}}
* {{l|da|babylyserød}}
* {{l|da|babymad}}
* {{l|da|babymajs}}
* {{l|da|babymassage}}
* {{l|da|babypudder}}
* {{l|da|babysitning}}
* {{l|da|babysitte}}
* {{l|da|babysitter}}
* {{l|da|baby-sitter}}
* {{l|da|babysitting}}
* {{l|da|babysko}}
* {{l|da|babysnak}}
* {{l|da|babysprog}}
* {{l|da|babysvømning}}
* {{l|da|babysæl}}
* {{l|da|babytøj}}
* {{l|da|babyudstyr}}
* {{l|da|babyvræl}}
{{der-bottom}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|baby}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈbeːbi/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-baby.ogg|audio}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|ba|by}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-'s|pl2=babies|baby'tje}}

# [[#English|baby]] {{gloss|infant}}
#: {{syn|nl|zuigeling}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|nl|babyboom|babyface|babyfoon|babykleding|babykleren|babyluier|babypoeder|babyshampoo}}

[[Category:nl:Babies]]

==Finnish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|fi|beibi}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fi|en|baby}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|beibi|baby|q2=rare}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[#English|baby]] {{gloss|term of endearment}}
# baby {{gloss|very young human}}

====Declension====
This spelling should preferably be used in nominative only as it does not fit into any standard inflection scheme.
{{fi-decl-valo|bab|||y|ä}}

====Synonyms====
* {{gloss|very young human}} {{l|fi|vauva}}
* {{gloss|term of endearment}} {{l|fi|kulta}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|baby}}, from {{der|fr|enm|baby}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-baby.wav|Audio}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[table soccer]], [[table football]]
# {{l|en|baby}}, [[darling]], [[sweetheart]]
# [[Mary Jane]] shoes

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Interlingua==

===Noun===
{{head|ia|noun}}

# [[#English|baby]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ia|bebe}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|baby}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|bèby,!béby<r:DiPI>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# [[child]], {{l|en|baby}}, [[neonate]]
# a small [[shot]] of [[whisky]]
# [[tripod]] for a film camera

===Adjective===
{{it-adj|inv=1}}

# for [[use]] by [[young]] [[children]]
# very [[young]]

===References===
<references />

==Lower Sorbian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|/ˈbabɨ/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|dsb|de|Baby}}, from {{der|dsb|en|baby}}.

====Noun====
{{dsb-noun|m-pr|g2=n}}

# [[#English|baby]] {{gl|infant}}
#: {{syn|dsb|góletko}}

=====Declension=====
As a masculine noun:
{{dsb-decl-noun|<!--
nom.sg.--> baby|<!--nom.du.--> babyja|<!--nom.pl.--> babyje|<!--
gen.sg.--> babyja|<!--gen.du.--> babyjowu|<!--gen.pl.--> babyjow|<!--
dat.sg.--> babyjoju|<!--dat.du.--> babyjoma|<!--dat.pl.--> babyjam|<!--
acc.sg.--> babyja|<!--acc.du.--> babyjowu|<!--acc.pl.--> [[babyje]], [[babyjow]]|<!--
ins.sg.--> babyjom|<!--ins.du.--> babyjoma|<!--ins.pl.--> babyjami|<!--
loc.sg.--> babyju|<!--loc.du.--> babyjoma|<!--loc.pl.-->babyjach}}
As a neuter noun, indeclinable.

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Noun====
{{head|dsb|noun form}}

# {{infl of|dsb|baba||gen|s|;|nom//acc|p}}

{{C|dsb|Babies}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|babee|babi|babie}}

===Etymology===
From {{af|enm|babe|-y}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈbaːbiː/|/ˈbabiː/}}

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{tlb|enm|rare}} A [[child]] or {{l|en|baby}}.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|baby|babby|alts=1}} {{see desc}}
* {{desc|sco|babbie}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|bābe|n|MED3369}}

[[Category:enm:Babies]]
[[Category:enm:Children]]

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no|Spedbarn}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|en|baby}}.

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# a {{l|en|baby}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nb|spedbarn}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|babymat}}
* {{l|nb|babyolje}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wikipedia|lang=nn|Spedbarn}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|en|baby}}.

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# a {{l|en|baby}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nn|spedbarn}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|babymat}}
* {{l|nn|babyolje}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Polish==

===Noun===
{{head|pl|noun form|g=f}}

# {{inflection of|pl|baba||gen|s|;|nom//acc//voc|p}}

==Slovak==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{head|sk|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|sk|baba||gen|s|;|nom//acc|p}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|en|baby}}.

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|baby}}

====Usage notes====
{{es-unadapted}}

==Swedish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-en baby.ogg|Audio}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a {{l|en|baby}} (very young human)
#: {{syn|sv|bebis|q1=more common}}

====Usage notes====
Uncommon outside compounds, especially in the plural. The plural "babies" mentioned in SO is likely to be seen as [[Swenglish]] in modern times.

====Declension====
{{sv-decl-noun|baby|babyn|[[babys]], [[babies]]|-|babys|babyns|[[babys]], [[babies]]|-}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}