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name
Initialism of British Aerospace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Alternative letter-case form of BAe (“British Aerospace”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
A surname from Korean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Darling (term of endearment).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: babe, baby, darling, dear, love, sweetheart, loved one, significant other, special someone
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noun
Asian pear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
* (Ecuadoran Navy): Spanish BAE
Borrowed from Korean 배 (bae).
Syncopic form of babe or baby. Notably, it is sometimes incorrectly linked to the unrelated Danish word bæ (“poop”). Sometimes claimed to derive from "before anyone else", a possible backronym.
From Korean 배 (bae).
From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form Old French baier, abaier.
Across languages
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