bave

bave (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.

• IPA^(key): /bav/

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bave f (plural baves)

1. spittle, drool, dribble, slobber

• bavard

bave

1. first-person singular present indicative of baver
2. third-person singular present indicative of baver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of baver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of baver
5. second-person singular imperative of baver

• “bave” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

bave f pl

1. plural of bava

• beva