barbel

== English == === Alternative forms === barble (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus. By surface analysis, barb (“sharp, extruding structure”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbəl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːɹbəl/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bəl === Noun === barbel (plural barbels) A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera. (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 ==== barbel steed ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Babler, barble, rabble == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English barbell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbarbəl] 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 === “barbel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == 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 ===== French: barbelé === 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 ===== French: barbeau Walloon: bårbea → English: barbel → Middle Dutch: barbeel Dutch: barbeel === 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 === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaɾbel/ [ˈbaɾ.bɛl] Rhymes: -aɾbel Syllabification: bar‧bel === Noun === barbel (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔) barbell Synonym: pesas === Further reading === “barbel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018