beagle

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• /ˈbiːɡəl/
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• [ˈb̥iːɡəɫ]
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• CMU ARPABET: B IY1 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English *begel (attested in the plural begles), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle French beegueule (“one who keeps their mouth open”), whence modern French bégueule (“a colloquial insult said to women of low status and accused of stupidity, who always have their mouths gaped or open; a prude”); from Old French beer, bayer (“to gape, gawk”) + Old French gueule (“gullet”). The modern French bigle (“beagle”) however is a borrowing from the English. Alternatively, a modification of Middle English bedel (“beadle”) in the sense of "constable, detective". The change of /t/, /d/ to /k/, /ɡ/ before /l/ is common; compare hurkle, variant of hurtlen (“to hurtle”), and in Modern English, huckleberry, turkle (“turtle”), and stickle.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зайчар (zajčar) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Chinese Mandarin: 獵兔犬 /猎兔犬 (liètùquǎn) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Czech: bígl — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Dutch: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Finnish: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• French: briquet — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Hungarian: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Hungarian: vadászkopó — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Hungarian: kopó — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Irish: pocadán — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Irish: pocadán beag — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Japanese: ビーグル (bīguru) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Korean: 비글 (bigeul) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Macedonian: за́јчар (zájčar) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Malay: anjing beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Polish: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Portuguese: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Russian: го́нчая (gónčaja) — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Slovak: bígl — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Spanish: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Swedish: beagle — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Tagalog: aso — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Welsh: corhelgi — small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet
• Bulgarian: доносник (donosnik) — snooping person
• Dutch: snuffelaar — snooping person
• Dutch: speurneus — snooping person
• Finnish: nuuskija — snooping person
• Hungarian: rendőrkém — snooping person
• Hungarian: rendőrspicli — snooping person
• Hungarian: rendőrkopó — snooping person
• Hungarian: besúgó — snooping person
• Hungarian: spicli — snooping person
• Indonesian: siberat — snooping person
• Polish: wścibska osoba — snooping person
• Polish: polować z beagle'ami — to hunt with beagles