barbue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.by/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /bar.by/
• Rhymes: -y
• Homophones: barbu, barbues, barbus

Adjective

barbue

1. feminine singular of barbu (“bearded”)

Noun

barbue f (plural barbues)

1. brill (type of sunfish)

   Synonym: barbue commune f

2. (Louisiana, Missouri) catfish (e.g. channel, blue, or blue channel catfish)

   Synonym: poisson-chat m

   • 2010, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 310:

     Le monde de Des Allemands là-bas, eusse pêche les barbues, et là eusse ramasse la viande et eusse vend les têtes à les pêcheurs à crabes. Et là y a pas de gaspi, tu vois.

     The people from Des Allemands, they fish for catfish, and they collect the meat and they sell the heads to crab fishermen. And there’s no waste, you see.

Derived terms

• barbue à tête plate (“flathead catfish”)
• la barbue du bon Dieu (“good-natured person”)

Further reading

• “barbue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)