stubble

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstʌb.əl/
• Rhymes: -ʌbəl

Etymology

Middle English stuble, from Latin stupula (“stalk, straw”).

Noun

stubble (usually uncountable; plural stubbles)

1. (countable and uncountable) short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable and uncountable) the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Synonyms

• (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
• stub
• stump

Related terms

• etiolate

Translations

short, coarse hair

• Arabic: شعيرات اللحية (ar) (šuʕayraat al-liḥya) f pl

  Egyptian Arabic: دقن خفيفة (daʔn xafif) f

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡子茬 (cmn) (húzi chá)

• Dutch: stoppelbaard (nl) m
• Finnish: sänki (fi)
• French: barbe de trois jours (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Stoppel (de) m, Dreitagebart (de) m, Bartstoppel (de) m
• Greek: ‎αξύριστα γένια (axýrista génia) f 

• Hungarian: borosta (hu)
• Icelandic: skeggbroddur (is) m, broddur (is) m
• Japanese: 無精ひげ (ja) (ぶしょうひげ, bushōhige)
• Latin: stipulae (la) f pl
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: щетина (ru) (ščetína) f
• Spanish: barba de varios días
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

short stalks left in a field after harvest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘株 (cmn), 残株 (cmn) (cánzhū), 茬 (cmn) (chá)

• Czech: strniště (cs) n
• Finnish: sänki (fi)
• French: éteule (fr) f
• German: Stoppel (de) m
• Greek: καλαμιά (el) (kalamiá) f
• Hungarian: tarló (hu)

• Italian: stoppia (it) f
• Japanese: 刈り株 (ja) (かりかぶ, karikabu)
• Korean: 그루 (ko) (geuru), 그루터기 (ko) (geuruteogi)
• Latin: stipulae (la) f pl
• Russian: стерня (ru) (stérnja) f, жнивьё (ru) (žnivʹjó) n
• Spanish: rastrojo (es) m

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• Georgian: ნამჯა (ka) (namǰa)