babyface

See also: baby face

English

Etymology

baby +‎ face

Noun

babyface (plural babyfaces)

  1. (slang, professional wrestling) Alternative spelling of baby face
    • 1992, Bruce Lincoln, Discourse and the Construction of Society (page 158)
      Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that heels triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces […]

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From baby (“baby”) +‎ face (“face”), from English baby face.

Noun

babyface n (singular definite babyfacet, plural indefinite babyfaces or babyfacer)

  1. A face resembling that of a baby; a youthful face, a baby face.
  2. A person having such a face, a baby face.

Inflection
Declension of babyface
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative babyface babyfacet babyfaces
babyfacer		 babyfacerne
genitive babyfaces babyfacets babyfaces'
babyfacers		 babyfacernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby face.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeː.biˌfeːs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧by‧face

Noun

babyface m or n (plural babyfaces, diminutive babyfaceje n)

  1. baby face
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