barbe

See also: Barbe and barbé

Esperanto

Etymology

barbo (“beard”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

barbe

1. in the manner of beards, beardically

Related terms

• barbo (“beard”)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁb/

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Etymology 1

1. la barbe de trois jours, 2. la moustache, 3. la barbiche, 4. le bouc, 5. les rouflaquettes ou favoris, 6. à la Souvarov, 7. à l'impériale, 8. barbe complète.

From Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).

Noun

barbe f (plural barbes)

1. beard
   • 1910, Alain, Propos:

     Je regardais hier le buste d'un philanthrope ; c'était une tête à moitié chauve, une barbe en pointe, et l'air d'un sous-chef à son bureau.

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2. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals

   La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc.

   The beard of a goat, of a billygoat.

3. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish)

   Les barbes du brochet.

   The barbels of the pike.

4. barb (feather)

   Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées.

   The duvet is made of small, light feathers whose barbs are not tangled.

5. (botany) barb (hair or bristle)
   • 1858, Théophile Gautier, Le Roman de la momie:

     La besogne des bœufs terminée, vinrent des serviteurs qui, armés d'écopes de bois, élevaient le blé en l'air et le laissaient retomber pour le séparer des pailles, des barbes et des cosses.

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6. (colloquial) a boring thing

   Quelle barbe ! ― What a bore!

Related terms

• barbant
• barbe-à-papa
• barbeau
• barbelé
• barbeler
• barbelet
• barbelure
• barber
• barberie
• barberon
• barbet
• barbiche
• barbichet
• barbichette
• barbichon
• barbier
• barbifier
• barbille
• barbillon
• barbiste
• barbitiste
• barbiton
• barbouze
• barbu
• barbute
• ébarber
• imberbe

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro.

Adjective

barbe (plural barbes)

1. (horse) Barbary

   un cheval barbe.

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Noun

barbe m (plural barbes)

1. Barbary horse

   Les barbes d'Abaco sont une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur l'île d'Abaco.

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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

barbe

1. first-person singular present indicative of barber
2. third-person singular present indicative of barber
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of barber
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of barber
5. second-person singular imperative of barber

Further reading

• “barbe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• barbe on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

barbe f (plural barbis)

1. beard

Etymology 2

From the above term, due to the fact that a beard represents a grown or mature man. Compare Romansh, Italian, and Piedmontese barba, Dalmatian buarba.

Noun

barbe m

1. uncle

See also

• agne

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Italian

Noun

barbe f pl

1. plural of barba

Anagrams

• ebbra

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French barbe, from Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

barbe f (plural barbes)

1. beard

Descendants

• French: barbe

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French barbe, from Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

barbe f (plural barbes)

1. (Jersey) beard
2. (Jersey) eaves

Derived terms

• barbe d'gardîngni (“thin beard”)
• barbe d'la reine (“love-in-a-mist”, literally “queen's beard”)
• barbe d'sapeur (“thick beard”)

Related terms

• barbiche

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

barbe f (oblique plural barbes, nominative singular barbe, nominative plural barbes)

1. beard

Descendants

• Middle French: barbe
  • French: barbe

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Spanish

Verb

barbe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of barbar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of barbar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of barbar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of barbar.