← All words
adjective

barbu

/baʁ.by/

adjective/baʁ.by/

bearded (possessing a beard)

De tout temps, les hommes barbus se sont vu attribuer des vertus diverses comme la sagesse, la virilité ou un statut social élevé.Throughout history, bearded men have been associated with various virtues, such as wisdom, virility or high social status.

Antonyms: glabre, imberbe

Related: mousse barbue, œillet barbu, phoque barbu

Inherited from Old French barbu, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) + -u.