nounnounadjective

le barbu

bearded

Qui a des poils sur le menton et les joues.

The French word barbu is an adjective used to describe someone who has a beard.

Primary meaning: Someone who has a beard, or more generally, someone who is unshaven or hairy in the facial area.
Figurative/Colloquial meaning: In some informal contexts, it can refer to a person who is involved in clandestine or intelligence operations (often referred to as "les barbouzes" in French slang, derived from the word for beard).
Zoology/Botany: It can also describe a species that possesses hair-like appendages or bristles (e.g., a "barbed" plant or animal).

Grammar: It is an adjective. Its feminine form is barbue . It follows the standard rules of French adjective agreement.
Word origin: It comes from the French noun barbe (beard), which originates from the Latin barba. The suffix -u is used to indicate possession of a characteristic.

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Mon oncle barbu porte souvent une casquette.adjective

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