barbule
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰardʰéh₂ |
Borrowed from Latin barbula (“little beard”).
Noun
[edit]barbule (plural barbules)
- (botany) A small barb or beard.
- (ornithology) Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin barbula (“little beard”).
Noun
[edit]barbule f (plural barbules)
- barbule (or any similar form)
Further reading
[edit]- “barbule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰardʰéh₂
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Botany
- en:Ornithology
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns