baby-face

ba·by-face

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bey-bee feys]
- /ˈbeɪ bi feɪs/
- /ˈbeɪbi feɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bey-bee feys]
- /ˈbeɪ bi feɪs/

Definitions of baby-face word

noun baby-face a smooth round face like a baby's 3
noun baby-face a person with such a face 3
noun baby-face a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines. 1
noun baby-face a person having such a face. 1

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Origin of baby-face

First appearance:

before 1705

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1705-15

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Baby-face

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Baby-face

baby-face popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.