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PIE word *bhardhéh2 From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard.

Clipping of Barbary.

Clipping of barbiturate.

Corruption of bard.

Clipping of Barbie, from Harajuku Barbie, an alter-ego of Nicki Minaj.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зъбец (zǎbec) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Bulgarian: контра (kontra) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Catalan: llengüeta — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Dutch: weerhaak — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Finnish: väkänen — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• French: ardillon — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Galician: xota — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• German: Widerhaken — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Ancient Greek: ἀγκυλίς (ankulís) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Hungarian: horgas/kampós vég — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Māori: hoto — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Māori: tara kāniwha (of stingrays) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Māori: kātara — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Māori: keka — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Norman: barbet — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Norwegian: mothake — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Portuguese: farpa — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Russian: шип (šip) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Russian: колю́чка (koljúčka) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Russian: зубе́ц (zubéc) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Samoan: foto (of stingrays) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Serbo-Croatian: bodlja — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Spanish: lengüeta — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Spanish: pincho — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Spanish: púa — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Spanish: puya — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Swedish: hulling — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Tongan: foto (of stingrays) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Ottoman Turkish: طاماق (damak) — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Vietnamese: ngạnh — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Welsh: adfach — point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
• Finnish: piikki — hurtful remark
• Finnish: nälväisy — hurtful remark
• Finnish: sivallus — hurtful remark
• Hungarian: sértés — hurtful remark
• Hungarian: csípős megjegyzés — hurtful remark
• Hungarian: tüske — hurtful remark
• Māori: tīkai — hurtful remark
• Portuguese: farpa — hurtful remark
• Serbo-Croatian: žaoka — hurtful remark
• Spanish: pulla — hurtful remark
• Welsh: brath — hurtful remark
• Welsh: crafiad — hurtful remark
• Catalan: barba — one of the side branches of a feather
• Finnish: höytysäde — one of the side branches of a feather
• Finnish: väkänen — one of the side branches of a feather
• French: barbe — one of the side branches of a feather
• Galician: barba — one of the side branches of a feather
• German: Federast — one of the side branches of a feather
• Hungarian: tollrost — one of the side branches of a feather
• Polish: promień — one of the side branches of a feather
• Portuguese: barba — one of the side branches of a feather
• Russian: боро́дка (boródka) — one of the side branches of a feather
• Spanish: barba — one of the side branches of a feather
• Welsh: saethflew — one of the side branches of a feather
• Finnish: barbi — fish of the cyprinid family
• Malayalam: പരൽ (paral) — fish of the cyprinid family
• Portuguese: betara — fish of the cyprinid family
• Portuguese: papa-terra — fish of the cyprinid family
• Swedish: barb — fish of the cyprinid family
• Swedish: skäggkarp — fish of the cyprinid family
• Tagalog: tawes — fish of the cyprinid family
• Vietnamese: cá mè — fish of the cyprinid family
• Bulgarian: осил (osil) — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Bulgarian: шип (šip) — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Finnish: väkänen — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Hungarian: szálka — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Hungarian: bajusz — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Welsh: barfan — botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook
• Finnish: kauluri — muffler worn by nuns and mourners
• Hungarian: apácafátyol — muffler worn by nuns and mourners
• Hungarian: vélum — muffler worn by nuns and mourners
• Hungarian: fityula — muffler worn by nuns and mourners
• Finnish: nystyrä — little projections of the mucous membrane
• Finnish: hevoshaarniska — armor for a horse — see also bard
• Galician: loriga — armor for a horse — see also bard
• Galician: barda — armor for a horse — see also bard
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقال (çokal) — armor for a horse — see also bard
• Māori: whakaniwha — to furnish with barbs