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BAe¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of British Aerospace

BAE²

Where it comes from

* (Ecuadoran Navy): Spanish BAE

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of BAe (“British Aerospace”).

noun

  1. initialism, uncountable The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador.

bae³

  • /beɪ/

Sounds like bay, bey (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

Syncopic form of babe or baby. Notably, it is sometimes incorrectly linked to the unrelated Danish word bæ (“poop”). Sometimes claimed to derive from "before anyone else", a possible backronym.

noun baes

  1. slang Darling (term of endearment). And if you actually want to see your bae – you know, like in person – You 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.

    Similar: babe, baby, darling, dear, love, sweetheart, loved one, significant other, special someone

bae⁴

  • /beɪ/

Sounds like bay, bey (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

From Korean 배 (bae).

noun baes

  1. Asian pear.

bae⁵

  • /beɪ/

Sounds like bay, bey (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form Old French baier, abaier.

verb baes · baeing · baed

  1. intransitive To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay. He's a lamb indeed, that baes like a bear.

Bae⁶

  • /beɪ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 배 (bae).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Korean.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pae, price, pei, lsa, sao, bui, jha, bess, besex, feba, bumed, b.e.f., b.m.e., buweaps, ebacc, big e

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noun ship of Ecuador

EspañolBAE

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"bae." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bae.

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@misc{bae_2026,
  title = {bae},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bae},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}