barbe
French → English
noun//baʁb//
(facial hair) Beard: the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man.
Il a décidé de se laisser pousser la barbe pendant les vacances.
(English) He decided to let his beard grow during the holidays.
Le vieux marin avait une longue barbe blanche et épaisse.
(English) The old sailor had a long, thick white beard.
noun//baʁb//
(zoology) Barb: one of the fine filaments that grow from the shaft of a feather.
L'oiseau lisse les barbes de ses plumes avec son bec.
(English) The bird smoothes the barbs of its feathers with its beak.
On peut voir les barbes microscopiques au microscope de laboratoire.
(English) One can see the microscopic barbs under a laboratory microscope.
Entry ID: fr:en:barbe · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary