BARBE

Date "BARBE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

"BARBE" is a common misspelling or typo for: babe, barb, barbed, barber, barbet, bare, barge, brae.

Specialty Definition: BARBE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Barbe (Ste.) The powder-room in a French ship; so called from St. Barbara, the patron saint of artillery. (See Barbary.) A barbe de fou apprend-on à raire (French). An apprentice is taught to shave on the chin of a fool. Tel a fait sa barbe, qui n'est pas beau fils (French). You may waste half the day on making your toilet, and yet not come forth an Adonis. You cannot make a silk purse of a sow's ear. Not every block will make a Mercury. "Heap lying curls a million on your head; On socks, a cubit high, plant your proud tread, You're just what you are - that's all about it." Goethe: Faust (Dr. Anster), p. 163. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: BARBE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clothing	Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BARBE

Etymologies containing "BARBE": Barbet. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BARBE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (barbel, beard, bother), German (barbel), Italian (beards).

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Modern Usage: BARBE

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Le Coeur � barbe (1930)

Amoureux de la femme � barbe (1909)

Barbe bleue (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: BARBE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Le Jour de barbe de Jocko, N. 9. / Genty Editeur. Lith. de A. cheyere. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Usage Frequency: BARBE

"BARBE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BARBE" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	20	78,262

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BARBE

The following table summarizes the usage of "BARBE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Barbe	Last name	400	19,825
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: BARBE

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "BARBE": Barbe-bleue, Barbe-celor, Barbe-en-auge.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BARBE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
barbe	103
barbe com	62
barbe high school	13
ondrea barbe	7
barbe bleue	7
barbe a papa	5
barbe papa à	4
barbe immobilier	4
barbe game	3
barbe bleu	3
barbe femme	3
alfred m barbe high school	2
barbe doll	2
barbe st	2
barbe corbis ondrea	2
barbe susan	2
barbe bouc de	2
barbe nicole	2
de la barbe	2
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Derivations: BARBE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BARBE": barbecue, barbecued, barbecuer, barbecuers, barbecues, barbecuing, barbed, barbel, barbell, barbells, barbels, barbeque, barbequed, barbeques, barbequing, barber, barbered, barbering, barberries, barberry, barbers, barbershop, barbershops, barbes, barbet, barbets, barbette, barbettes. (additional references)
	Words containing "BARBE": unbarbed, unbarbered. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BARBE"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "BARBE" (pronounced bÄ"rb)
4	b Ä" r b	barb.
3	-Ä" r b	arb, garb.
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Anagrams: BARBE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-r"
	-1 letter: abbe, babe, barb, bare, bear, brae.
	-2 letters: arb, are, bar, bra, ear, ebb, era, reb.
	-3 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e-r"
	+1 letter: barbed, barbel, barber, barbes, barbet, dabber, gabber, jabber, nabber, rabbet, rabble, yabber.
	+2 letters: babbler, barbate, barbell, barbels, barbers, barbets, barbule, belabor, blabber, brabble, bramble, bugbear, clabber, crabbed, crabber, dabbers, dabbler, drabbed, drabber, drabbet, drabble, gabbers, gabbier, gabbler, grabbed, grabber, grabble, jabbers, nabbers, rabbets, rabbies, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, slabber, stabber, swabber, wabbler, yabbers.
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