barbet

English

Etymology

From French barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”).

Noun

barbet (plural barbets)

1. Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
2. A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.

Synonyms

• (dog) French Water Dog

Derived terms

• African barbet
• American barbet
• Asian barbet
• black-browed barbet
• New World barbet
• prong-billed barbet
• toucan barbet

Descendants

• → Irish: bairbéad

Translations

bird

Catalan: barbut m Dutch: baardvogel (nl) m Finnish: seppä (fi) French: barbican (fr) m German: Bartvogel m Irish: bairbéad m Portuguese: barbaças (pt) m Spanish: barbudo (es) m Swedish: barbetter

dog

Finnish: barbet (fi) French: barbet (fr) German: Französischer Wasserhund Spanish: perro de agua francés

See also

• Barbet (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lybiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (African barbet)
• Capitonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (American barbet)
• Megalaimidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Asian barbet)
• Semnornithidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Toucan-barbet)

Anagrams

• rabbet

French

Etymology

From barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. barbet (all senses)

Descendants

• → English: barbet
  • → Irish: bairbéad
• → Romanian: barbet

Further reading

• “barbet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. (Jersey) barb (in fishhook)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbet.

Noun

barbet m (plural barbeți)

1. barbet (dog)

Declension

Declension of barbet

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	barbet	barbetul		barbeți	barbeții
genitive-dative	barbet	barbetului		barbeți	barbeților
vocative	barbetule			barbeților