noun, feminine/ba.ba/plural: babas
baba (type of cake)
“baba au rhum” — rum baba
Borrowed from Polish baba, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV.
adjective/ba.ba/
flabbergasted
“C'était un Argentin qui mesurait au moins deux mètres, il souriait tout les temps. J'étais baba devant ses tatouages.” — He was an Argentinian who was at least six foot six. He was always smiling. I was stunned by his tattoos.
Onomatopoeic.