barbu

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). Compare Italian barbuto, Spanish barbudo. By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.by/

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• Rhymes: -y

barbu (feminine barbue, masculine plural barbus, feminine plural barbues)

1. bearded (possessing a beard)
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, “IV. Essai de consolation sur la veuve Hucheloup”, in Les Misérables, 4e partie. Idylle et épopée; Livre douzième. Corinthe, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:

     [T]rois insurgés les assistaient, trois gaillards chevelus, barbus et moustachus.

     [T]hree insurgents were assisting them, three bushy-haired, jolly blades with beards and moustaches.

   Antonyms: glabre, imberbe

   De tout temps, les hommes barbus se sont vu attribuer des vertus diverses comme la sagesse, la virilité ou un statut social élevé.

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• poilu
• velu
• chevelu

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

• bórbe (Barlavento)

barbu

1. (Sotavento) Lesser African threadfin, Galeoides decadactylus

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

• barbi

From French barbue (“catfish”).

barbu

1. catfish

• Albert Valdman; Thomas A. Klinger; Margaret M. Marshall; Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, →ISBN, page 61

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). Compare French barbu. By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) +‎ -u.

barbu m

1. (Jersey) bearded

barbu m (plural barbus)

1. (Jersey) bearded man