barbe

French

noun
Definitions
  • beard
  • longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals
  • barbel whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish
  • barb feather
  • (botany) barb hair or bristle
  • (colloquial) a boring thing

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French barbe inherited from Old French barbe (beard, beard-like element) inherited from Latin barba (beard, a beard) inherited from Proto-Italic *farβā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (beard).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰardʰeh₂

Gloss

beard

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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