bai
French, adjective/bɛ/
bai is spelled B-A-I (3 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bai is a French adjective meaning “bay (of a reddish-brown colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’un brun rouge”.
What does bai mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bay (of a reddish-brown colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’un brun rouge.
noun: 1. T Couleur brun rouge.
noun: 1. Langue sino-tibétaine parlée en Chine par les Bais. Les codes ISO 639-3 : bca (bai central), bfs (bai méridional) et bfc (bai septentrional).
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Bais en Chine. 2. Relatif à leur langue, le bai.
noun: 1. Langue oubanguienne parlée au Soudan du Sud. Le code ISO 639-3 : bdj.
noun: 1. Clairière marécageuse de forêt tropicale.
noun: 1. Membre d’une ethnie dans Yunnan au sud-ouest de la Chine, parlant bai.
noun: 1. Langue sino-tibétaine parlée en Chine par les Baïs. Les codes ISO 639-3 : bca (baï central), bfs (baï méridional) et bfc (baï septentrional).
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Baïs en Chine. 2. Relatif à leur langue, le baï.
noun: 1. Langue oubanguienne parlée au Soudan du Sud. Le code ISO 639-3 : bdj.
noun: 1. Clairière marécageuse de forêt tropicale.
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 bai
- baie feminine
- bais masculine plural
- baies feminine plural
- baï
- Bais plural masculine feminine
- bai
- baïs plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bai?
- /bɛ/
- \bɛ\
- \baj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bai in French?
bai appears 1.2 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).