Skip to content

baba

baba au rhum

noun bah-BAH Rare

Also means

stunned

Usage Note

Baba most commonly refers to baba au rhum, a small yeast cake soaked in rum syrup and a classic French pâtisserie item. Colloquially, en être baba means to be left open-mouthed with astonishment: j'en suis resté baba — 'I was completely stunned'. The plural is babas.

Examples

"Le baba au rhum est mon dessert préféré."

Natural Translation

Rum baba is my favourite dessert.

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic