baobab

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/, /ˈbaʊbæb/

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baobab (plural baobabs)

1. A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

   Synonyms: African baobab, cream of tartar tree, monkey bread, sour gourd, tabaldi, tebeldi, upside-down tree

2. Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

• → Japanese: バオバブ (baobabu)
• → Korean: 바오바브 (baobabeu)

baobab

1. alternative form of tuwa

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

baobab c (singular definite baobabben, plural indefinite baobabber)

1. baobab

• abebrødtræ
• baobabtræ

• baobabtræ

• “baobab” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.oː.bɑp/, /baː.oːˈbɑp/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧o‧bab

baobab m (plural baobabs, no diminutive)

1. baobab, any tree of the genus Adansonia

   Synonyms: apenboom, apenbroodboom

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bahobab.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑobɑb/, [ˈbɑ̝o̞bɑ̝b]
• Rhymes: -ɑobɑb
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧o‧bab
• Hyphenation^(key): bao‧bab

baobab

1. baobab, any tree of the genus Adansonia.

   Synonyms: apinanleipäpuu, baobabpuu

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “fruit of many seeds”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɔ.bab/

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• Homophone: baobabs

baobab m (plural baobabs)

1. baobab

• Mauritian Creole: baobab
• → Vietnamese: bao báp

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

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”).

baobab m (invariable)

1. baobab (tree)

From French baobab.

baobab

1. the baobab tree
2. a type of concrete

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Borrowed from French baobab or English baobab, ultimately from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈɔ.bap/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbap
• Syllabification: ba‧o‧bab

baobab m inan

1. baobab (Adansonia digitata)

• baobab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baobab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

baobab m (plural baobabs)

1. alternative form of baobá

Borrowed from French baobab.

baobab m (plural baobabi)

1. baobab, monkey bread

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

• IPA^(key): /baoˈbab/ [ba.oˈβ̞aβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: ba‧o‧bab

baobab m (plural baobabs)

1. baobab

• “baobab”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025