"baba" meaning in French

See baba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ba.ba/ Forms: babas [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fr}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|fr|adjectives|plural|babas}} baba (plural babas)
  1. (colloquial) flabbergasted Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-baba-fr-adj-CdAuE6f- Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 76 24 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French onomatopoeias Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ba.ba/ Forms: babas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish baba, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|pl|baba}} Polish baba Head templates: {{head|fr|nouns|plural|babas|cat2=countable nouns|g=m}} baba m (plural babas)
  1. baba (type of cake) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-baba-fr-noun-D2Z5wCdQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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