adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ˈbɪədɪd/
UK:/ˈbɪədəd/
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US:/ˈbɪɹdəd/
US:/ˈbiɚdəd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having a beard; involving a beard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
(botany)
(zoology)
1693, Juvenal, The Satyrs, translated by John Dryden and others, London: J. Tonson, 1735, 6th edition, Satyr VI, p. 80, https://archive.org/details/satyrsdecimusju00creegoog There are who in soft Eunuchs place their Bliss; / To shun the Scrubbing of a bearded Kiss, / And 'scape Abortion; but their solid Joy / Is when the Page, already past a Boy, / Is Capon'd late; and to the Gelder shown, / With his two Pounders to Perfection grown. / When all the Navel string cou'd give, appears; / All but the Beard, and that's the Barber's loss, not theirs.
Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
bearded mussel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Having barbs of a certain color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُلْتَحٍ
(multaḥin)
— having a beard
Aromanian:
bãrbos
— having a beard
Asturian:
barbudu
— having a beard
Azerbaijani:
saqqallı
— having a beard
Basque:
bizardun
— having a beard
Belarusian:
барада́ты
(baradáty)
— having a beard
Breton:
barvek
— having a beard
Bulgarian:
брада́т
(bradát)
— having a beard
Catalan:
barbut
— having a beard
Catalan:
barbat
— having a beard
Classical Gaelic:
fésógach
— having a beard
Cornish:
barvus
— having a beard
Czech:
vousatý
— having a beard
Czech:
bradatý
— having a beard
Danish:
skægget
— having a beard
Dutch:
bebaard
— having a beard
Esperanto:
barbhava
— having a beard
Esperanto:
barba
— having a beard
Estonian:
habemega
— having a beard
Faroese:
skeggjutur
— having a beard
Faroese:
skeggjaður
— having a beard
Finnish:
parrakas
— having a beard
Finnish:
partainen
— having a beard
French:
barbu
— having a beard
Georgian:
წვერიანი
(c̣veriani)
— having a beard
Georgian:
წვერულვაშიანი
(c̣verulvašiani)
— having a beard
Georgian:
წვერებიანი
(c̣verebiani)
— having a beard
German:
bärtig
— having a beard
German:
bebartet
— having a beard
German:
gebartet
— having a beard
Greek:
γενειοφόρος
(geneiofóros)
— having a beard
Greek:
μουσάτος
(mousátos)
— having a beard
Hebrew:
מזוקן \ מְזֻקָּן
(m'zukán)
— having a beard
Hungarian:
szakállas
— having a beard
Icelandic:
skeggjaður
— having a beard
Ido:
barboza
— having a beard
Ido:
barba
— having a beard
Irish:
féasógach
— having a beard
Italian:
barbuto
— having a beard
Japanese:
ひげを生やした
(Hi-ge o hayashita)
— having a beard
Kabuverdianu:
barbudu
— having a beard
Kabuverdianu:
barbude
— having a beard
Kashmiri:
دارؠل
(dāryal)
— having a beard
Latin:
barbātus
— having a beard
Lithuanian:
barzdótas
— having a beard
Malay:
berjanggut
— having a beard
Manx:
faasaagagh
— having a beard
Middle High German:
gebartet
— having a beard
Norwegian Bokmål:
skjegget
— having a beard
Norwegian Bokmål:
skjeggete
— having a beard
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skjeggete
— having a beard
Polish:
brodaty
— having a beard
Portuguese:
barbado
— having a beard
Portuguese:
barbudo
— having a beard
Romanian:
bărbos
— having a beard
Russian:
борода́тый
(borodátyj)
— having a beard
Scottish Gaelic:
feusagach
— having a beard
Scottish Gaelic:
ròmach
— having a beard
Slovak:
fúzatý
— having a beard
Slovak:
bradatý
— having a beard
Spanish:
barbudo
— having a beard
Spanish:
barbado
— having a beard
Swedish:
skäggig
— having a beard
Swedish:
skäggprydd
— having a beard
Turkish:
sakallı
— having a beard
Turkmen:
sakgally
— having a beard
Ukrainian:
борода́тий
(borodátyj)
— having a beard
