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barbel
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See also: Bärbel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus.
Pronunciation
Noun
barbel (plural barbels)
- A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
- (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
- A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.
Derived terms
Translations
fish
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Further reading
- “barbel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Old French
Etymology 1
From barbe + -el, or by analogy from Latin barbula.
Noun
barbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)
- barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)
Descendants
- French: barbelé
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).
Noun
barbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)
- barbel (fish)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (barbel)
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaɾbel/ [ˈbaɾ.bɛl]
- Rhymes: -aɾbel
- Syllabification: bar‧bel
Noun
barbel (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)
Further reading
- “barbel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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