barbe.
beard
Meaning & usage
beard
Il a une barbe bien fournie.
Je vais peut-être me laisser pousser la barbe.
longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals
La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc.
barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish)
Les barbes du brochet.
barb (feather)
Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées.
barb (hair or bristle)
a boring thing, a drag
Quelle barbe !
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farðā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).
Barbary
un cheval barbe
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro.
Barbary horse
Les barbes d'Abaco étaient une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur les îles Abacos.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro.
inflection of barber: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of barber: second-person singular imperative
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