different between barbel vs barbet

English

Alternative forms

• barble

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??b?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?l

Noun

barbel (plural barbels)

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
2. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
3. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Translations

Anagrams

• barble, rabble

Old French

Etymology 1

From barbe + -el, or by analogy from Latin barbula.

Noun

barbel 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)

1. barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)

Descendants

• French: barbelé

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).

Noun

barbel 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)

1. barbel (fish)

Descendants

• English: barbel
• French: barbeau

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (barbel)

English

Etymology

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

Noun

barbet (plural barbets)

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.
3. A larva that feeds on aphids.

Derived terms

Translations

Synonyms

• (dog) French Water Dog

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

Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. barbet (all senses)

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

barbet m (plural barbets)

1. (Jersey) barb (in fishhook)

Romanian

Etymology

From French barbet.

Noun

barbet m (plural barbe?i)

1. barbet (dog)

Declension