See babe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"sense": "(attractive person): looker; See Thesaurus:beautiful person",
"word": "doll"
},
{
"sense": "(attractive person): looker; See Thesaurus:beautiful person",
"word": "fox"
},
{
"sense": "(attractive person): looker; See Thesaurus:beautiful person",
"word": "See: Thesaurus:beautiful woman"
},
{
"sense": "darling",
"word": "darling"
},
{
"sense": "darling",
"word": "dear"
},
{
"sense": "darling",
"word": "love"
},
{
"sense": "darling",
"word": "sweetheart"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stuk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"word": "typykkä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"person"
],
"word": "Puppe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Maus"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"word": "bean bhreá"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spéirbhean"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "áille"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"word": "fear breá"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "staic"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "gata"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "miláška",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мила́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krasótka",
"sense": "attractive person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "красо́тка"
}
],
"word": "babe"
}
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