"babiche" meaning in French

See babiche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ba.biʃ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-babiche.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: babiches [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”). See above. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|mic|ápapíj||cord, thread}} Borrowed from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} babiche f (plural babiches)
  1. (Louisiana, Quebec) babiche Tags: Louisiana, Quebec, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-Q~inhhVC Categories (other): Louisiana French, Quebec French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
  2. (Louisiana) old, ragged garment Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-IhJkbWUU Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
  3. (Louisiana) small bits, shards, shavings Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-qvjNaenn Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
  4. (Louisiana) energy Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-OBz7bh5C Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: babichon
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ba.biʃ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-babiche.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: babiches [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} babiche f (plural babiches)
  1. (Louisiana) mouth Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-TPNc-HQ1 Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
  2. (Louisiana) grimace, pout (facial expression of displeasure or sulkiness) Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-babiche-fr-noun-qtxUIc7D Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 13 17 17 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prendre une babiche (english: to pout)
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.