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barbel

/ˈbɑːˌbel/BAHR-bel
/ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/BAHR-bel

Meaningbeard

Common meaning: river fish with whisker-like projections

Journey through time

  1. Latinbarbellus‘beard’source
  2. Old Frenchbarbel‘barbel’source
  3. Frenchbarbeausource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsbeard → river fish with whisker-like projectionsbarbel‘river fish with whisker-like projections’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin barbellus ‘beard’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BARBEL, p. 51 · dictionary scan

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