"bébête" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [French]

IPA: /be.bɛt/ Audio: Fr-bébête.ogg Forms: bébêtes [plural]
Etymology: Hypocoristic formed from bête (“stupid / beast”) via reduplication. Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bébête (plural bébêtes)
  1. silly, juvenile
    Sense id: en-bébête-fr-adj-Hk4moyNJ Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0

Noun [French]

IPA: /be.bɛt/ Audio: Fr-bébête.ogg Forms: bébêtes [plural]
Etymology: Hypocoristic formed from bête (“stupid / beast”) via reduplication. Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} bébête f (plural bébêtes)
  1. fool, idiot Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bébête-fr-noun-Bb8LxHSx
  2. (childish, colloquial) animal, beastie, critter Tags: childish, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-bébête-fr-noun-6YXFhIyU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 60 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 4 81 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 83 10
  3. (childish, colloquial) willy, wee-wee (penis) Tags: childish, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-bébête-fr-noun-twAmPmPN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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