"barbe" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /baʁb/ Audio: Fr-barbe.ogg Forms: barbes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|it|barbero|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian barbero, {{bor+|fr|it|barbero}} Borrowed from Italian barbero, {{m|it|barbaro}} barbaro Head templates: {{fr-adj}} barbe (plural barbes)
  1. (of a horse) Barbary
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-adj-0GyOwgeR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 23 8 3 8 1 11 20 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /baʁb/ Audio: Fr-barbe.ogg Forms: barbes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|barbe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French barbe, {{inh+|fr|frm|barbe}} Inherited from Middle French barbe, {{inh|fr|fro|barbe}} Old French barbe, {{inh|fr|la|barba}} Latin barba, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*farβā}} Proto-Italic *farβā, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*bʰardʰeh₂||beard}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} barbe f (plural barbes)
  1. beard Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-lBGSq7CG
  2. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-eKGmhU6M Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 23 8 3 8 1 11 20 7
  3. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-NjVJK2jN
  4. barb (feather) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-dVGsIaSW
  5. (botany) barb (hair or bristle) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-xua-EQUx Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  6. (colloquial) a boring thing, a drag Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-Vu27SlZQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barbe à papa, barbe de trois jours, la barbe, sainte barbe, au nez et à la barbe, dans sa barbe, parler dans sa barbe, rire dans sa barbe
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: barbant, barbeau, barbelé, barbeler, barbelet, barbelure, barber, barberie, barberon, barbet, barbette, barbiche, barbichet, barbichette, barbichon, barbier, barbifier, barbille, barbillon, barbiste, barbitiste, barbiton, barbouze, barbu, barbute, ébarber, imberbee

Noun

IPA: /baʁb/ Audio: Fr-barbe.ogg Forms: barbes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|it|barbero|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian barbero, {{bor+|fr|it|barbero}} Borrowed from Italian barbero, {{m|it|barbaro}} barbaro Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} barbe m (plural barbes)
  1. Barbary horse Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-noun-op0sEilp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 23 8 3 8 1 11 20 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /baʁb/ Audio: Fr-barbe.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} barbe
  1. inflection of barber:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-verb-AtqHkKdo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 23 8 3 8 1 11 20 7
  2. inflection of barber:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-barbe-fr-verb-oeXgzREo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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