bébête
French
Etymology
Hypocoristic formed from bête (“stupid / beast”) via reduplication.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.bɛt/
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Adjective
bébête (plural bébêtes)
- silly, juvenile
Noun
bébête f (plural bébêtes)
- fool, idiot
- (children, colloquial) animal, beastie, critter
Further reading
- “bébête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.