"babau" meaning in Catalan

See babau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [bəˈβaw] [Central], [bəˈbaw] [Balearic], [baˈbaw] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-babau.wav Forms: babaua [feminine], babaus [masculine, plural], babaues [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin balbus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la|balbus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin balbus, {{inh+|ca|la|balbus}} Inherited from Latin balbus Head templates: {{ca-adj|#a}} babau (feminine babaua, masculine plural babaus, feminine plural babaues)
  1. silly Derived forms: tortuga babaua
    Sense id: en-babau-ca-adj-MLh5VDeg Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 25 35 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [bəˈβaw] [Central], [bəˈbaw] [Balearic], [baˈbaw] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-babau.wav Forms: babaus [plural], babaua [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin balbus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la|balbus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin balbus, {{inh+|ca|la|balbus}} Inherited from Latin balbus Head templates: {{ca-noun|m|f=#a}} babau m (plural babaus, feminine babaua)
  1. fool, idiot Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-babau-ca-noun-Bb8LxHSx Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 25 35 40
  2. (dialectal) bogeyman Tags: dialectal, masculine
    Sense id: en-babau-ca-noun-u3M4bjYY Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 25 35 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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