barbet

English

Etymology

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

Noun

barbet (plural barbets)

Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)

The larva of the beetle Scymnus interruptus is an example of the forms known as barbets

Two barbets on show

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