barbus

See also: Barbus

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.by/
• Rhymes: -y

Adjective

barbus

1. masculine plural of barbu

Latin

Etymology

From barba (“beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bus/, [ˈbärbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bus/, [ˈbärbus]

Noun

barbus m (genitive barbī); second declension

1. barbel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barbus	barbī
Genitive	barbī	barbōrum
Dative	barbō	barbīs
Accusative	barbum	barbōs
Ablative	barbō	barbīs
Vocative	barbe	barbī

Derived terms

• Late Latin: barbulus (diminutive)
  • Vulgar Latin: *barbellus
    • Old French: barbel
      • French: barbeau
      • Walloon: bårbea
      • → English: barbel
      • → Middle Dutch: barbeel
        • Dutch: barbeel

Descendants

• Italian: barbo
• Catalan: barb
• West Iberian
  • Galician: barbo
  • Portuguese: barbo
  • Spanish: barbo
• → Finnish: barbi
• → German: Barbe
• → Swedish: barb

References

• “barbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• barbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.