barbet
Meaning of barbet
noun
a large-headed, brightly coloured fruit-eating bird that has a stout bill with tufts of bristles at the base. Barbets are found on all continents, especially in the tropics.
late 16th century (denoting a poodle): from French, from barbe ‘beard’ (see barb1). The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
Information about barbet
- It is a name.
- The plural form of barbet is: barbets.
- Languages in which barbet is used:
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Hyphenation of barbet
bar-bet
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- barbet is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of barbet
Words that rhyme with barbet
tarbet, Guerbet, overbet, sherbet, Corbet, corbet, gorbet, sorbet, Courbet, surbet
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