noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ɡəʊˈtiː/
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US:/ˌɡoʊˈtiː/
rhymes with -iː
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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
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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