babushka
2
8.5
- noun
- /bəˈbuʃkə/
:
abuelita
- When I visit, my babushka always prepares my favorite dish.
So same, same babushka taught me both of those things.
- So same, same babushka taught me both of those things.
Examples
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Is your babushka Olga still with us?
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I love your babushka.
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I like the old babushka.
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My babushka had died two summers before.
Fiction book (2000) -
The babushka amazed Tom with her English: "He learned to ride a bicycle at sixty years old."
Fiction book (1997) -
"Stop that noise," Madame Babushka commanded.
Fiction book (2001) -
My poor, poor, babushka.
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My little babushka.
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Good luck, babushka.
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Goodbye, babushka!
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
293
1.0
A woman who is past middle age
47
1.0
An older woman who is your grandmother or a friendly older family member
20
5.0
A loving old-fashioned word for the mother of your parent
8
9.5
An affectionate word for grandmother used in some South Asian families
5
9.9
A warm name for a grandmother in Jewish families
4
8.1
An old-fashioned, loving name for a child's grandmother
1
9.7
A loving name for an older woman used like a grandmother
1
8.7
An older woman who is the mother of your parent
A grandmother in families with German or Dutch background
Surface Forms
Etymology
Babushka is the Russian word babushka meaning 'grandmother', and it comes from the older word baba meaning 'woman' or 'grandmother'. So in English a babushka is used for an elderly woman or grandmother, often one from Russia or Eastern Europe.