baie

See also: Bäie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• baieng (dialectal)
• baing (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malay banyak (“many; very”), likely combining the influence of the unrelated Low German bannig (“very”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajə/

• Audio:

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Adverb

baie

1. very, much

   Haar baas is baie lelik.

   Her boss is very ugly.

Determiner

baie

1. (with positive polarity, when not modified by adverbs) many, much, a lot of

   Daar is baie besoekers op die mark.

   There are many visitors at the market.

   Sy koop baie tydskrifte in die kiosk.

   She is buying a lot of magazines at the news stand.

   In die winter stroom baie water die vlei in.

   A lot of water is flowing into the valley in winter.

Synonyms

• veel (less common, more or less in complementary distribution)

Pronoun

baie

1. (with positive polarity, when not modified by adverbs) a lot, much

   Ons het baie gehad om te bespreek.

   We had a lot to discuss.

Synonyms

• veel (less common, more or less in complementary distribution)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin baca.

Noun

baie f (plural baies)

1. (botany) berry

Derived terms

• baie de genièvre
• baies roses

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: baia
• → Spanish: baya

Etymology 2

Uncertain; probably from Late Latin baia, ultimately from Iberian.

Noun

baie f (plural baies)

1. bay (body of water)

Derived terms

• baie de Guanabara

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: bahía (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin badia.

Adjective

baie

1. feminine singular of bai

Etymology 4

From bayer.

Alternative forms

• baye ((verbal forms only))

Verb

baie

1. inflection of bayer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Noun

baie f (plural baies)

1. picture window

Derived terms

• baie vitrée

Further reading

• “baie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.je/
• Rhymes: -aje
• Hyphenation: bà‧ie

Adjective

baie f pl

1. feminine plural of baio

Noun

baie f

1. plural of baia

Anagrams

• beai

Norman

Etymology

Uncertain; probably from Late Latin baia.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

baie f (plural baies)

1. (Jersey, geography) bay

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaje/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *baňa, from Latin baneum (plural banea), variant of balneum.

A direct inheritance from Latin would rather have resulted in *bâie. Compare râie, tămâie < arānea, *thymānea.

Noun

baie f (plural băi)

1. bathroom
2. bath (act of bathing), bathtub

Declension

Declension of baie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) baie	baia	(niște) băi	băile
genitive/dative	(unei) băi	băii	(unor) băi	băilor
vocative	baie, baio		băilor

Derived terms

• îmbăia

See also

• closet

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian bánya, from Proto-Slavic *baňa.

Noun

baie f (plural băi)

1. (Transylvania, Moldavia (region), Banat) mine, quarry

Declension

Declension of baie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) baie	baia	(niște) băi	băile
genitive/dative	(unei) băi	băii	(unor) băi	băilor
vocative	baie, baio		băilor