barbe

See also: Barbe and barbé

Esperanto

Etymology

barbo (“beard”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

barbe

  1. in the manner of beards, beardically

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁb/
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Etymology 1

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. 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.
  1. beard
    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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    (Alain, Propos, 1910)
  2. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals
    La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc.
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  3. barbel, whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon.
    les barbes du brochet.
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  4. (feather) barb
    Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées.
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  5. (botany) barb, hair or bristle.
    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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    (Gautier, Le Roman de la momie, 1858)
  6. (colloquial) a boring thing
    Quelle barbe !

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

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

References

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

barbe f pl

  1. plural of barba

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

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

Noun

barbe f (plural barbes)

  1. beard

Descendants

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

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

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.
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