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4-letter words (2 found)

BOBO,BOOB,

3-letter words (3 found)

BOB,BOO,OBO,

2-letter words (3 found)

BO,OB,OO,

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Definitions and meaning of bobo

bobo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboʊboʊ/
  • Rhymes: -oʊboʊ

Etymology 1

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohemian, popularized by David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

  1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
  2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
  3. An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

  1. (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)
See also
  • Bobo doll

References

Anagrams

  • boob, obbo

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bobo

  1. fish trap

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • obobo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.bɔ/

Interjection

bobo

  1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See also

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/, [ˈbo.bo]

Adjective

bóbo (feminine boba)

  1. stupid; foolish
    Synonyms: patal, palpal, pangol, torpe

Noun

bóbo (feminine boba)

  1. fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
    Synonyms: tonto, tonta, kabakab
  2. (uncommon) clown
    Synonyms: payaso, komiko

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboː.boː/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

  1. (Suriname) sucker, fool
    Synonyms: domkop, sufferd, sukkel

Etymology 2

Shortening of bondsbons. Said to be coined by Joop Niezen in 1978. Popularised in 1988 by Ruud Gullit, whose usage was likely influenced by etymology 1.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

  1. (Netherlands) football bigwig [from late 1970s or early 1980s]
    • 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.
  2. (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bo.bo/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

  1. (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)

Etymology 2

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohème.

Noun

bobo m or f by sense (plural bobos)

  1. bobo, boho

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Compare Louisiana Creole bo.

Verb

bobo

  1. (Saint-Domingue) to kiss
    Mo bobo ly là su bouche. ― I kiss her there on the mouth.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: bo

References

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Hiligaynon

Verb

bóbó or bôbô

  1. to pour out or over

Noun

bóbo

  1. baptism without ceremony

Japanese

Romanization

bobo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼぼ

Luba-Kasai

Pronoun

bobo

  1. them

Mansaka

Etymology

From bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bobo

  1. fish trap

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Borrowed from a West African language. Compare Krio bɔbɔ (“boy”), Adangme bɔbɔ (“little boy”) and Vai bɔbɔ (“little”).

Noun

bobo

  1. boy, guy, young man
  2. boyfriend

Descendants

  • → Yoruba: bọbọ

References

Polabian

Alternative forms

  • bobă, babă

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔˈbɔ/

Noun

bobo f

  1. old woman
  2. midwife
    Synonym: bopkă

Related terms

References

  • Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “babə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 22
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “bobo”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Boba, Bobo”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 65

Polish

Etymology

From nursery language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.bɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɔ
  • Syllabification: bo‧bo

Noun

bobo n (indeclinable)

  1. (endearing) baby, child
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko
    małe bobo ― a small baby
    ryczące bobo ― a howling baby
    słodkie bobo ― a sweet baby
    zdrowe bobo ― a healthy baby
    bobo w wózku ― a baby in a carriage

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -obu
  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

  1. (Brazil) silly, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (Brazil) naive

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

  1. (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)
    Synonym: bobo da corte
  2. (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Derived terms

  • bobagem
  • bobo da corte

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: bo‧bo

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

  1. stupid, silly, naive
    Synonym: tonto

Derived terms

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos, feminine boba, feminine plural bobas)

  1. a stupid or naive person; a fool
    ¡No seas bobo! ― Don't be an idiot!

Usage notes

  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Portuguese bobo.

Noun

bobo

  1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Adjective

bobo

  1. doltish, sluggish

Verb

bobo

  1. to behave like a dolt

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • bubo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/, [ˈbo.bo]

Noun

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
  2. (uncommon) clown; jester
    Synonyms: payaso, arlekin

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. stupid; foolish; silly
    Synonym: tanga

Derived terms

Ternate

Etymology

Compare Tobelo boboro (“nipa”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.bo/

Noun

bobo (Jawi بوبو)

  1. the nipa palm

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Source: wiktionary.org