barbe

beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals; barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish); barb (feather); barb (hair or bristle)

“Il a une barbe bien fournie.” — He has a luxurious beard.

Inherited from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).

Barbary

“un cheval barbe” — a Barbary horse, a Barb horse

Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro.

Barbary horse

“Les barbes d'Abaco étaient une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur les îles Abacos.” — The Abaco Barbs were a very small population of wild Spanish Barb horses on the Abaco Islands.

Borrowed from Italian barbero, barbaro.