barbet

English

Etymology

From French barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”).

Noun

barbet (plural barbets)

Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)

Two barbets on show

1. Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
2. A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.

Synonyms

• (dog) French Water Dog

Derived terms

• acacia pied barbet
• African barbet
• American barbet
• Asian barbet
• black-browed barbet
• New World barbet
• pied barbet
• prong-billed barbet
• toucan barbet

Descendants

• → Irish: bairbéad
• → Welsh: barbed

Translations

bird

• Arabic: بَرْبِيت m (barbīt)
• Catalan: barbut m
• Dutch: baardvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: seppä (fi)
• French: barbican (fr) m
• German: Bartvogel m
• Irish: bairbéad m
• Portuguese: barbaças (pt) m
• Spanish: barbudo (es) m
• Swedish: barbetter
• Welsh: barbed (cy) m

dog

• Finnish: barbet (fi)
• French: barbet (fr)
• German: Französischer Wasserhund
• Spanish: perro de agua francés

See also

• Barbet (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lybiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (African barbet)
• Capitonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (American barbet)
• Megalaimidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Asian barbet)
• Semnornithidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Toucan-barbet)

Anagrams

• rabbet

French

Etymology

From barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. barbet (all senses)

Descendants

• → English: barbet
  • → Irish: bairbéad
  • → Welsh: barbed
• → Romanian: barbet

Further reading

• “barbet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. (Jersey) barb (in fishhook)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbet.

Noun

barbet m (plural barbeți)

1. barbet (dog)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	barbet	barbetul	barbeți	barbeții
genitive-dative	barbet	barbetului	barbeți	barbeților
vocative	barbetule		barbeților