baby blue

noun

A pale blue color.

“Near-synonyms: powder blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue”

Meanings

baby blue1

nounbaby blue (countable and uncountable, plural baby blues)

plural baby blues

  1. countableuncountableA pale blue color.

    Near-synonyms: powder blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

    Synonyms: powder blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

adjectivebaby blue (comparative more baby blue, superlative most baby blue)

comparative more baby blue · superlative most baby blue

  1. Of a pale blue color.

    Near-synonyms: powder blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

    Synonyms: powder blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue

Baby Blue2

nounBaby Blue (plural Baby Blues)

plural Baby Blues

  1. Any of a number of autonomous subsidiaries of IBM Corporation, formed from 1991 to make the company more manageable and to streamline investment.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a pale blue color.

Translations

Brazilian Portuguese azul-bebê
  • azul-bebêpale blue color
Chinese Mandarin 淺藍色 /浅蓝色
  • 淺藍色 /浅蓝色 (qiǎnlánsè)pale blue color
Danish babyblå
  • babyblåpale blue color
European Portuguese azul-bebé
  • azul-bebépale blue color
Finnish vauvansininen
  • vauvansininenpale blue color
Hungarian babakék
  • babakékpale blue color
Polish jasnoniebieski
  • jasnoniebieskipale blue color
Cite this entry
APA

baby blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blue

MLA

“baby blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blue. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baby blue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blue.

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