# baby
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe +‎ -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare babble).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: bā'bē, IPA: /ˈbeɪbi/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪbi

### Noun

baby (plural babies)
* A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLIV, page 67:The baby new to earth and sky, ⁠What time his tender palm is prest ⁠Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that ‘this is I:’ […]
** 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian‎: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.
    When is your baby due?
    Her baby had always been active, even before he was born, when he would kick her bladder.
** 2013 June 7, Natalie Pierce, Weaving My Way Through Life, Author House, →ISBN, page 44: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 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.
* A person who is immature, infantile or feeble.
    Stand up for yourself – don't be such a baby!
* A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
    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.
    Adam is the baby of the family.
** 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:"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.
** 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 114:"He's a year older than me." "You're the baby, eh?"
* A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
    Too busy thinking about my baby, and I ain't got time for nothing else.
    Baby, don't cry.
** 1956, “Heartbreak Hotel”, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley:Well, since my baby left me, Well, I found a new place to dwell. Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel.
* (informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
    Hey baby, what are you doing later?
* A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
    This test program I've designed is my new baby.
* A pet project or responsibility.
    You need to talk to John about that – it's his baby.
** 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2015, page 902:Sovnarkom was Lenin's baby, it was where he focused all his energies […].
* An affectionate term for anything.
    See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.
* (archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.
* (often attributive) One who is new to an identity or community.
** 2020, Nina Kahn, The Joy of Hex: Modern Spells Without All the Bullsh*t‎, unnumbered page: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.
** 2020, Jane Kolven, The Holiday Detour, unnumbered page: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, 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

* (young human being): babe, babby, babbie, infant, see also Thesaurus:baby
* (young animal): see Thesaurus:youngling
* (immature or infantile person): big baby
* (term of endearment): love, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart

#### Descendants

* → Cornish: babi
* → Danish: baby
* → Dutch: baby
* → Finnish: baby
* → French: baby
* → French: bébé
** → Finnish: bébé
** → Portuguese: bebé, bebê (Brazil)
** → Romanian: bebe
** → Spanish: bebé
* → German: Baby
** → Lower Sorbian: baby
** → Upper Sorbian: baby
* → Interlingua: baby
* → Italian: baby
* → Juba Arabic: bebi
* → Norwegian Bokmål: baby
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: baby
* → South Slavey: bebí
* → Spanish: baby
* → Swedish: baby
* → Vietnamese: bé bi

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

* gamete, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, fetus

### Adjective

baby (comparative babier or babyer or baby-er, superlative babiest or babyest or baby-est)
* (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).
* Newest (overall, or in some group or state); most inexperienced.
** 1894, Marion Harland, The Royal Road, Or, Taking Him at His Word, page 136: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 ...
** 1910, Marion Harland, Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life, page 408: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.
** 2006, Marion Halligan, The Apricot Colonel, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN: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, […]
** 2020, Hannah Abigail Clarke, The Scapegracers, Erewhon, →ISBN, page 391:[…] 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.
* (in the comparative or superlative) Like or pertaining to a baby, in size or youth; small, young.
** 1888, Monthly Packet, page 170:Spider. Here let us begin at the beginning, at the babyest of books for Edith's nursery.
** 1894, Edith E. Cuthell, Two Little Children and Ching, page 107: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's father picked them up, and put them in his pockets, and brought them home, […]
** 1908, Marion Harland, Housekeeper's Guide and Family Physician, page 98: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 ...
** 1908, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Crossriggs, page 25:"There's a babier baby than Mike," she said. "But you will see her to-morrow. Aren't we rich? Come in and see Matilda - you won't find her much changed. It's so absurd to see her with all these children."
** 1936, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs, To Promote the National Defense by Stengthening the Air Reserve, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4348, 12241, Feb 27, April 22, 1936, page 31: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].
** 1937 August 7, “Recreation Activities in City Attain New Peak in Past Week”, in The State Journal, eighty-third year, Lansing, Mich., section “Doll Show at Allen”, page 2, column 7:A doll show held the attention of children at Allen as a special feature during the week. Winners were: […] baby-est doll, Betty McQueary.
** 1940 October 22, Charles P. Stewart, “Washington At A Glance”, in The Evening Independent, volume LXXIV, number 130, Massillon, Oh., page five, column 2:He’ll [Joseph H. Ball] be our baby senator for the next two years. Senator 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.
** 1960 August 4, Herb Smith, “Recreation In Cedar Grove”, in Verona-Cedar Grove Times, volume XII, number 31, Verona, N.J., page 26, column 2:The victorious individuals were as follows: Doll Contest— […] “baby-est,” 1st, Mary Grew, 2nd, Susan Shamlian;
** 2007 August 2, Liz Nicholls, “Gala to mark Teatro’s entry into the quarter-century club”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., page D3, column 1: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

* Raphael Sappan (1987) The Rhetorical-logical Classification of Semantic Changes, volume 5, page 58: “Baby. In its attributive uses, the word has the meaning 'small, tiny'. 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 […]”

### Verb

baby (third-person singular simple present babies, present participle babying, simple past and past participle babied)
* (transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
** 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:[…] though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied.
** 1944, Emily Carr, “Friction”, in The House of All Sorts: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.
* (transitive) To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
** 1967 March 31, “Mr. Mac and His Team”, in Time: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,
    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
### Derived terms

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

### Related terms

* babe

### See also

* child
* infant
* toddler

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “babe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Abby

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

### Noun

baby c (singular definite babyen, plural indefinite babyer)
* A baby, an infant.
* (slang) An attractive young female.

#### Synonyms

* spædbarn

#### Derived terms

* baby-sitter
* babyalarm
* babybio
* babyble
* babyblå
* babyboom
* babydoll
* babydukke
* babyface
* babyfløjl
* babylem
* babylift
* babylyserød
* babymad
* babymajs
* babymassage
* babypudder
* babysitning
* babysitte
* babysitter
* babysitting
* babysko
* babysnak
* babysprog
* babysvømning
* babysæl
* babytøj
* babyudstyr
* babyvræl

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːbi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧by

### Noun

baby m (plural baby's or babies, diminutive baby'tje n)
* baby (infant)
    Synonym: zuigeling

#### Derived terms

* babyboom
* babyface
* babyfoon
* babyfoto
* babykleding
* babykleren
* babyluier
* babypoeder
* babyshampoo
* couveusebaby

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* beibi, beibe

### Etymology

From English baby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbei̯bi/, [ˈbe̞i̯bi]
* IPA: /ˈbei̯be/, [ˈbe̞i̯be̞]
* IPA: /ˈbɑby/, [ˈbɑ̝by] (rare)
* Rhymes: -eibi
* Hyphenation: ba‧by

### Noun

baby
* baby (term of endearment)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kultanen
* (rare outside compounds) Synonym of vauva (“baby”) (very young human)

#### Declension

This spelling should preferably be used in nominative only as it does not fit into any standard inflection scheme.
Possessive forms of baby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
babyni
babyni
accusative
nom.
babyni
babyni
gen.
babyni
genitive
babyni
babyjeni
partitive
babyäni
babyjäni
inessive
babyssäni
babyissäni
elative
babystäni
babyistäni
illative
babyyni
babyihini
adessive
babylläni
babyilläni
ablative
babyltäni
babyiltäni
allative
babylleni
babyilleni
essive
babynäni
babyinäni
translative
babykseni
babyikseni
abessive
babyttäni
babyittäni
instructive
comitative
—babyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
babysi
babysi
accusative
nom.
babysi
babysi
gen.
babysi
genitive
babysi
babyjesi
partitive
babyäsi
babyjäsi
inessive
babyssäsi
babyissäsi
elative
babystäsi
babyistäsi
illative
babyysi
babyihisi
adessive
babylläsi
babyilläsi
ablative
babyltäsi
babyiltäsi
allative
babyllesi
babyillesi
essive
babynäsi
babyinäsi
translative
babyksesi
babyiksesi
abessive
babyttäsi
babyittäsi
instructive
comitative
—babyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
babymme
babymme
accusative
nom.
babymme
babymme
gen.
babymme
genitive
babymme
babyjemme
partitive
babyämme
babyjämme
inessive
babyssämme
babyissämme
elative
babystämme
babyistämme
illative
babyymme
babyihimme
adessive
babyllämme
babyillämme
ablative
babyltämme
babyiltämme
allative
babyllemme
babyillemme
essive
babynämme
babyinämme
translative
babyksemme
babyiksemme
abessive
babyttämme
babyittämme
instructive
comitative
—babyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
babynne
babynne
accusative
nom.
babynne
babynne
gen.
babynne
genitive
babynne
babyjenne
partitive
babyänne
babyjänne
inessive
babyssänne
babyissänne
elative
babystänne
babyistänne
illative
babyynne
babyihinne
adessive
babyllänne
babyillänne
ablative
babyltänne
babyiltänne
allative
babyllenne
babyillenne
essive
babynänne
babyinänne
translative
babyksenne
babyiksenne
abessive
babyttänne
babyittänne
instructive
comitative
—babyinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
babynsä
babynsä
accusative
nom.
babynsä
babynsä
gen.
babynsä
genitive
babynsä
babyjensä
partitive
babyään babyänsä
babyjään babyjänsä
inessive
babyssään babyssänsä
babyissään babyissänsä
elative
babystään babystänsä
babyistään babyistänsä
illative
babyynsä
babyihinsä
adessive
babyllään babyllänsä
babyillään babyillänsä
ablative
babyltään babyltänsä
babyiltään babyiltänsä
allative
babylleen babyllensä
babyilleen babyillensä
essive
babynään babynänsä
babyinään babyinänsä
translative
babykseen babyksensä
babyikseen babyiksensä
abessive
babyttään babyttänsä
babyittään babyittänsä
instructive
comitative
—babyineen babyinensä :

### Further reading

* “baby”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English baby, from Middle English baby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.bi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

baby m (plural babys)
* table soccer, table football
* baby, darling, sweetheart
* Mary Jane shoes

### Further reading

* “baby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Interlingua
### Noun

baby
* baby

#### Synonyms

* bebe

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.bi/, (careful style) /ˈbe.bi/
* Rhymes: -ɛbi, (careful style) -ebi

### Noun

baby m (invariable)
* child, baby, neonate
* a small shot of whisky
* tripod for a film camera

### Adjective

baby (invariable)
* for use by young children
* very young

### References

* ↑ baby in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbabɨ/

### Etymology 1

From German Baby, from English baby.

#### Noun

baby m anim or n
* baby (infant)
    Synonym: góletko

##### Declension

As a masculine noun:
As a neuter noun, indeclinable.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

baby
* inflection of baba:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* babee, babi, babie

### Etymology

From babe +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːbiː/, /ˈbabiː/

### Noun

baby
* (rare) A child or baby.

#### Descendants

* English: baby, babby, babbie (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: babbie

#### References

* “bābe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English baby.

### Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyer, definite plural babyene)
* a baby

#### Synonyms

* spedbarn

#### Derived terms

* babymat
* babyolje

### References

* “baby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English baby.

### Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyar, definite plural babyane)
* a baby

#### Synonyms

* spedbarn

#### Derived terms

* babymat
* babyolje

### References

* “baby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Noun

baby f
* inflection of baba:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbabi]

### Noun

baby
* inflection of baba:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeibi/ [ˈbei̯.β̞i]
* Rhymes: -eibi
* Syllabification: ba‧by

### Noun

baby m (plural babys)
* baby

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

baby c
* a baby (very young human)
    Synonym: (more common) bebis, Synonym: (more formal) spädbarn

#### 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
### References

* baby in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* baby in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)