bubbe

发音

UK /ˈbʊbə/
UK /ˈbʌ-/
UK /-bi/
US /ˈbʊbə/
US /ˈbʌ-/
US /ˈbɔ-/
US /-bi/

词形变化

bubbes 复数 bubbes

别名

bobbe bobeh bubbeh bubbie bubby bubah bube

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grandmother.

  2. 2.

    An elderly woman.

相关短语

词源

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling. Doublet of baba.

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