bubbe
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Pronunciations

bubbe (BUH-bee) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Grandmother.

Example Sentences

  • "My bubbe makes the greatest cabbage soup."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • באָבע bobe 'old woman, grandmother' (plural באָבעס bobes)

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand
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      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      bobi, booba, bubah, buba, baubie, boobah, bubba, buba, boby, bobie, bobe, bubby, bubbie, bubbee, bubi, babi, bobber

Notes

  • See also zaidie and savta.


    Also used as a term of endearment for children, as in bubbale.

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