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baba.

baba (type of cake)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ba.ba/
  1. baba (type of cake)

    masculine
    baba au rhum
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ba.ba/
  1. flabbergasted

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

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