stubble

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstʌb.əl/
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Rhymes: -ʌbəl

Noun

stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
(countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Synonyms

(short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
stub
stump

Related terms

Translations

short, coarse hair

Arabic: شُعَيْرَات اَللِّحْيَة‎‎ f pl (šuʿayrāt al-liḥya)
Egyptian Arabic: دقن خفيفة‎‎ f (daʔn xafif)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: набола брада f (nabola brada)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬍子茬, 胡子茬 (húzichá), 鬍茬, 胡茬 (húchá), 鬍渣, 胡渣 (húzhā)
Dutch: stoppelbaard (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sänki (fi)
French: barbe de trois jours (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Stoppel (de) m, Dreitagebart m, Bartstoppel (de) m
Greek: αξύριστα γένια n pl (axýrista génia)
Hungarian: borosta (hu)
Icelandic: skeggbroddur m, broddur (is) m

Italian: barba di due giorni f
Japanese: 無精ひげ (ぶしょうひげ, bushōhige)
Khmer: ពុកចង្កានៅខ្លី (puk cɑŋkaa nɨv kləy)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: stipulae f pl
Persian: ته‌ریش‎‎ (fa) (tah-riš)
Portuguese: barbicha (pt) f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: щети́на (ru) f (ščetína)
Scottish Gaelic: reuban m pl
Spanish: barba de varios días
Swedish: skäggstubb (sv) c, stubb (sv) n (only for beard)
Thai: โคนหนวดเคราที่ไม่ได้โกน (kohn nùat krao têe mâi dâai gohn)
Turkish: kirli sakal
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

short stalks left in a field after harvest

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: стърни́ще n (stǎrníšte)
Catalan: rostoll m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘株 (zh), 残株 (zh) (cánzhū), 茬 (zh) (chá)
Czech: strniště n
Dutch: stoppel (nl) m
Finnish: sänki (fi)
French: éteule (fr) f
Galician: restrollo (gl) m
German: Stoppel (de) m
Greek: καλαμιά (el) f (kalamiá)

Hungarian: tarló (hu)
Italian: stoppia (it) f
Japanese: 刈り株 (かりかぶ, karikabu)
Korean: 그루 (ko) (geuru), 그루터기 (geuruteogi)
Latin: stipulae f pl
Macedonian: стрниште n (st'rnište)
Polish: ściernisko (pl) n, rżysko (pl) n
Portuguese: restolho (pt) m
Russian: сте́рня (ru) f (stérnja), жнивьё (ru) n (žnivʹjó)
Spanish: rastrojo (es) m
Swedish: stubb (sv) c
Vietnamese: rạ (vi)

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ნამჯა (namǯa)

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