"Gabe" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡeɪb/
Rhymes: -eɪb Etymology: See Gabriel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Gabriel}} Gabriel Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gabe
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Gabe-en-name-oykBP4Ax Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Gabes [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from German Gabe, from a short form of several personal names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”). * Borrowed from French Gabe, perhaps a nickname from Old French gabe (“joke”), from the verb gaber (“to tell jokes”). * English surname, from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel, or alternatively a nickname from Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gabe}} German Gabe, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{m|gem-pro|*gabį̄||wealth, riches}} *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”), {{bor|en|fr|Gabe}} French Gabe, {{der|en|fro|gabe||joke}} Old French gabe (“joke”), {{m|fro|gaber|t=to tell jokes}} gaber (“to tell jokes”), {{m|en|Gabriel}} Gabriel, {{der|en|enm|gabbe||falsehood, deceit, lie}} Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Gabe (plural Gabes)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Gabe-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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