bave
French, noun
bave is spelled B-A-V-E (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bave is a French feminine noun meaning “spittle, drool, dribble, slobber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of baver. With an accent, bavé is a different word: “past participle of baver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Salive épaisse et visqueuse qui découle de la bouche”.
What does bave mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespittle, drool, dribble, slobber
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of baver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Salive épaisse et visqueuse qui découle de la bouche. 2. Sorte d’écume qui s’échappe de la gueule de certains animaux. 3. Premiers fils qui servent d’enveloppe au cocon du ver à soie. 4. Liqueur gluante que jettent certains gastéropodes et qui leur sert à glisser sur les corps à la surface desquels ils rampent.
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 bave
- baves plural
- bavée feminine
- bavés masculine plural
- bavées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bave in French?
bave appears 1.9 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).