B
b, n.m., the second letter of the alphabet, b. Être marqué au —; to be either one-eyed, hunch-backed, or lame (borgne, bossu, boiteux). Ne parler que par b ou par f; never to speak without swearing.
baba, n.m., bun, plum-cake.
babel, n.f., Babel, uproar, disorder. Tour de —; tower of Babel. C’est une vraie tour de —, c’est une —; it is a perfect tower of Babel, uproar.
babeurre, n.m., buttermilk.
babiche, n.f., babichon, n.m., lap-dog.
*babil, n.m., chatter, prating, talk, gabbling, tattle, prattle. Il nous étourdit par son —; he bewilders us with his chattering.
*babillage, n.m., chit-chat, tittle-tattle, prattle, babbling, twaddle.
*babillard, n.m., -e, n.f., chatterer, babbler, tattler; blab, blabber; (orni.) nettle-creeper. C’est un franc —; he is a regular babbler. Ne vous fiez pas à cet homme-là, c’est un —; don’t trust that man, he is a great blab.
*babillard, -e, adj., babbling, talkative, chattering.