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English
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 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
whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From English barbell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: bar‧bêl
Noun
barbêl (plural barbel-barbel)
- (sports) barbell: a wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter
Further reading
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
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
Borrowed from English barbell.
Pronunciation
Noun
barbel (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)
- barbell
- Synonym: pesas
Further reading
- “barbel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018