babouine, n.f., little fool, little hussy; lip. V. babine.

babouiner, v.n., (fam.) to play the buffoon.

bac, n.m., ferry, ferry-boat.

baccalauréat, n.m., bachelorship, bachelor’s degree.

bacchanal (-ka-), n.m., racket, uproar. Faire —; to make a racket, to kick up a great row.

bacchanale (-ka-), n.f., noisy drinking-bout, revel, debauch.

bacchanaliser (-ka-), v.n., to revel, to riot.

bacchante (-kant), n.f., bacchante, termagant.

baccharis (-ka-ris), -ide, n.f., baccharis, ploughman’s spikenard.

baccifère, adj., bacciferous, berry-producing.