baby
French, noun
baby is spelled B-A-B-Y (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baby is a French masculine noun meaning “table soccer, table football” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bâby is a different word: “alternative form of babi”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de baby-foot”.
What does baby mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetable soccer, table football
- 2
masculinebaby, darling, sweetheart
- 3
masculineMary Jane shoes
adjective
- 1
alternative form of babi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abréviation de baby-foot. 2. Abréviation de baby-beef, le taurillon d’embouche.
noun: 1. Bébé, très jeune enfant. 2. Chéri, amour. 3. Demi-dose de whisky dans un bar (2 cl).
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de babi.
noun: 1. Chaussure basse, fermée, et décolletée, avec une ou plusieurs lanières.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de babi. Fidèle du babisme.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de babi. Relatif au babisme ou à ses fidèles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baby
- babys plural
- bâbye feminine
- bâbys masculine plural
- bâbyes feminine plural
- babies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baby
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baby in French?
baby appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).