English
bae
see also: BAe, BAE, Bae
Pronunciation Noun

bae (plural baes)

  1. (slang) Darling term of endearment.
    • 2013, "Jack", "Jack & Jill: On High School Relationships ↗", The Torch (St. John's University), Volume 91, Issue 5, 28 August 2013, page 9:
      And if you actually want to see your bae – you know, like in person – You[sic] better set aside some of your refund check to pay for the $26 train ticket to a school that lingers outside of the tri-state area.
    • 2014, Laken Howard, "Pillow Talk: Let's talk about V-day ↗", The Current (entertainment insert of The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University), 13 February 2014, page 3:
      Your newsfeed gets clogged with statuses like “Happy Valentine’s Day to my bae! I’ve loved you so much ever since we first met three months, eight days, 11 hours and 27 minutes ago!”
    • 2014, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140522014630/http://issuu.com/ssx-magzus/docs/seventeen_usa_2014-06-07 How Steamy Is Your PDA?]", Seventeen, June/July 2014, page 98:
      A fresh pic of you and your bae on vacay together? Who wouldn't “like” that?!?
    Synonyms: babe, baby, darling, dear, love, sweetheart, loved one, significant other, special someone
Etymology 2

From Korean 배.

Noun

bae (plural baes)

  1. Asian pear.
Etymology 3

From , combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form , abaier.

Verb

bae (baes, present participle baeing; simple past and past participle baed)

  1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay.
BAe
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of British Aerospace
BAE
Etymology
  • (Ecuadoran Navy) Spanish BAE
Proper noun
  1. Alternative case form of BAe
Noun

bae (uncountable)

  1. (military, nautical, initialism) The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador.
Translations
  • Spanish: BAE
Bae
Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 배.

Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. Surname.


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