beagle

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English begle. Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle French beegueule, from beer + gueule. The French bigle is from the English.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [biːɡəɫ]
• Rhymes: -iːɡəl

Noun

beagle (plural beagles)

1. A small short-legged smooth-coated hound, often used for hunting hares. Often tri-coloured, its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
2. A person who snoops on others; a detective.
   • 2002, Susan Isaacs, Long Time No See, page 243

     […] whereas burying a body in the wooded area beyond the backyard was the quickest way to make a Nassau County Police Department beagle look good.

Translations

dog

• Bulgarian: зайчар (bg) (zajčar)
• Czech: bígl (cs) m
• Dutch: beagle (nl) m
• Finnish: beagle (fi)
• French: briquet (fr) m
• Malay: anjing beagle (ms)

• Russian: гончая (ru) (gónčaja) f
• Slovak: bígl (sk) m
• Swedish: beagle (sv)
• Tagalog: aso (tl)
• Welsh: corhelgi (cy) m

snooping person

• Bulgarian: доносник (bg) (donosnik)
• Dutch: snuffelaar (nl) m, speurneus (nl) m

• Finnish: nuuskija (fi)

Verb

beagle (third-person singular simple present beagles, present participle beagling, simple past and past participle beagled)

1. To hunt with beagles.

Translations

hunt with beagles

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Dutch

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːɡəl/

Noun

beagle m (plural beagles, diminutive beagletje)

1. beagle (dog)

Anagrams

• belage

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Finnish

Noun

beagle

1. beagle (dog)

Declension

Declension of beagle (type nalle) singular plural nominative beagle beaglet genitive beaglen beaglejen beaglein1 partitive beaglea beagleja accusative beagle beaglen beaglet inessive beaglessa beagleissa elative beaglesta beagleista illative beagleen beagleihin adessive beaglella beagleilla ablative beaglelta beagleilta allative beaglelle beagleille essive beaglena beagleina translative beagleksi beagleiksi instructive – beaglein abessive beagletta beagleitta comitative – beagleineen 1) Rare.