bave

bave (countable and uncountable, plural baves)

1. silkworm thread extruded as brins from the two glands and stuck together with sericin proteins

From Old French beve (altered based on baver), from Vulgar Latin root *baba, of imitative origin. Compare Portuguese baba.

• IPA^(key): /bav/

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bave f (plural baves)

1. spittle, drool, dribble, slobber

   Coordinate term: salive

• bavard
• la bave du crapaud n'atteint pas la blanche colombe

bave

1. inflection of baver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “bave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: bà‧ve

bave f pl

1. plural of bava

• beva