•a child between the ages of four and seven years (before the onset of concrete operational thought) · a kindergartner · a minor of any age, though chiefly up to 10 years
eş: bambin, bout de chou, nourrisson, petit, petit bout, petit bout de chou
köken: Nickname given to Nicolas Ferry, renowned throughout Europe as the court dwarf of the Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński. Possibly derived from bab- (babiller, babine) rather than adapted from English baby, although this may have contributed to the diffusion of the word.
aile: bébé Cadum, dormir comme un bébé, jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain, refiler le bébé
16th century, of uncertain origin. The two most widely supported hypotheses are: * regional byform of *kloter, extension of kloot (“ball, lump”), from the general association of children with thickish, roundish objects; * deverbal from kleuteren, a byform of klateren, kletteren (“to clatter”), from the noise that children tend to make. Compare also peuter (“toddler”), which however is more recent…