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goatee

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɡəʊˈtiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɡoʊˈtiː/
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: G OW1 T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beard, face fungus, whiskers

History

Etymology

From goat + -ee (diminutive suffix), referring to the tuft of hair on the chin of many domestic goats.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُثْنُون (ʕuṯnūn) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Bulgarian: козя брадичка (kozja bradička) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Catalan: masclet — beard at the center of the chin
  • Catalan: pera — beard at the center of the chin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山羊鬍子 /山羊胡子 (shānyáng húzi) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Czech: bradka — beard at the center of the chin
  • Danish: fipskæg — beard at the center of the chin
  • Dutch: kinbaardje — beard at the center of the chin
  • Dutch: sik — beard at the center of the chin
  • Dutch: bokkenbaard — beard at the center of the chin
  • Esperanto: kaprobarbo — beard at the center of the chin
  • Esperanto: mentonbarbo — beard at the center of the chin
  • Estonian: kitsehabe — beard at the center of the chin
  • Finnish: pukinparta — beard at the center of the chin
  • French: barbiche — beard at the center of the chin
  • French: bouc — beard at the center of the chin
  • French: barbichette — beard at the center of the chin
  • Georgian: თხაწვერა (txac̣vera) — beard at the center of the chin
  • German: Spitzbart — beard at the center of the chin
  • German: Kinnbart — beard at the center of the chin
  • German: Ziegenbart — beard at the center of the chin
  • German: Goatee — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hawaiian: ʻumiʻumi — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hawaiian: kāwelewele — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hebrew: זְקַן הַתַּיִשׁ — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hindi: गोटी (goṭī) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hindi: बकरदाढ़ी (bakardāṛhī) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hindi: बुच्ची दाढ़ी (buccī dāṛhī) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Hungarian: kecskeszakáll — beard at the center of the chin
  • Icelandic: hökutoppur — beard at the center of the chin
  • Ido: mentonobarbo — beard at the center of the chin
  • Irish: meigeall — beard at the center of the chin
  • Irish: cab féasóige — beard at the center of the chin
  • Irish: caibín féasóige — beard at the center of the chin
  • Italian: pizzo — beard at the center of the chin
  • Italian: pizzetto — beard at the center of the chin
  • Japanese: 山羊髭 (yagihige) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Korean: 염소 수염 (yeomso suyeom) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Latvian: kazbārdiņa — beard at the center of the chin
  • Latvian: āža bārdiņa — beard at the center of the chin
  • Macedonian: шилесто брадиче (šilesto bradiče) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Malay: janggut sejemput — beard at the center of the chin
  • Māori: hurukauae — beard at the center of the chin
  • Norman: barbiche — beard at the center of the chin
  • Norwegian: bukkeskjegg — beard at the center of the chin
  • Pennsylvania German: Geessbaart — beard at the center of the chin
  • Persian: ریش بزی (riš bozi) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Polish: kozia bródka — beard at the center of the chin
  • Portuguese: cavanhaque — beard at the center of the chin
  • Portuguese: cavaignac — beard at the center of the chin
  • Portuguese: barbicha — beard at the center of the chin
  • Portuguese: pera — beard at the center of the chin
  • Romanian: barbișon — beard at the center of the chin
  • Romanian: barbișă — beard at the center of the chin
  • Russian: козли́ная боро́дка (kozlínaja boródka) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Russian: ко́зья боро́дка (kózʹja boródka) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Russian: эспаньо́лка (espanʹólka) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Slovak: briadka — beard at the center of the chin
  • Slovene: kózja brádica — beard at the center of the chin
  • Spanish: perilla — beard at the center of the chin
  • Spanish: piocha — beard at the center of the chin
  • Spanish: barba de chivo — beard at the center of the chin
  • Spanish: chiva — beard at the center of the chin
  • Spanish: chivera — beard at the center of the chin
  • Swahili: kionjamchuzi — beard at the center of the chin
  • Swedish: bockskägg — beard at the center of the chin
  • Swedish: getskägg — beard at the center of the chin
  • Swedish: pipskägg — beard at the center of the chin
  • Thai: เคราแพะ — beard at the center of the chin
  • Tibetan: འག་ཚོམ ('ag tshom) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Tibetan: ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Tibetan: ཨོག་ཤོལ (og shol) — beard at the center of the chin
  • Turkish: keçi sakal — beard at the center of the chin
  • Turkmen: çokga — beard at the center of the chin
  • Vietnamese: râu dê — beard at the center of the chin
  • Welsh: garfr — beard at the center of the chin
  • Yiddish: ציגן־בערדל (tsign-berdl) — beard at the center of the chin