Barb

//bɑː(ɹ)b//

Synonyms for "barb" (150 found)

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Translations

76 translations across 24 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀγκυλίς noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • зъбец noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • контра noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • осил noun (botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook)
  • шип noun (botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook)

Catalan

2 entries
  • barba noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • llengüeta noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Dutch

1 entries
  • weerhaak noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Finnish

4 entries
  • barbi noun (fish of the cyprinid family)
  • hevoshaarniska noun (armor for a horse — see also bard)
  • höytysäde noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • kauluri noun (muffler worn by nuns and mourners)

French

2 entries
  • ardillon noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • barbe noun (one of the side branches of a feather)

Galician

4 entries
  • barba noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • barda noun (armor for a horse — see also bard)
  • loriga noun (armor for a horse — see also bard)
  • xota noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

German

2 entries
  • Federast noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • Widerhaken noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • apácafátyol noun (muffler worn by nuns and mourners)
  • bajusz noun (botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook)
  • csípős megjegyzés noun (hurtful remark)
  • fityula noun (muffler worn by nuns and mourners)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പരൽ noun (fish of the cyprinid family)

Māori

4 entries
  • hoto noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • keka noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • kātara noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • tara kāniwha (of stingrays) noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Norman

1 entries
  • barbet noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • mothake noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • طاماق noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • چوقال noun (armor for a horse — see also bard)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • barba noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • betara noun (fish of the cyprinid family)
  • farpa noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • farpa noun (hurtful remark)

Russian

4 entries
  • боро́дка noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • зубе́ц noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • колю́чка noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • шип noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Samoan

1 entries
  • foto (of stingrays) noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bodlja noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • žaoka noun (hurtful remark)

Spanish

4 entries
  • barba noun (one of the side branches of a feather)
  • lengüeta noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • pincho noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • pulla noun (hurtful remark)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hulling noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tawes noun (fish of the cyprinid family)

Tongan

1 entries
  • foto (of stingrays) noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cá mè noun (fish of the cyprinid family)
  • ngạnh noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)

Welsh

4 entries
  • adfach noun (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
  • barfan noun (botany: hair or bristle ending in a double hook)
  • brath noun (hurtful remark)
  • crafiad noun (hurtful remark)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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The barb on fishhooks make them difficult to remove.

Source: tatoeba (5363802)

My coat got caught on a barb on the barbed wire.

Source: tatoeba (5589618)

It’s hard to miss Tati. The faded Haussmanian building with its blue-and-pink checkered sign soars above the Barbès-Rochechouart metro station.

Source: tatoeba (8955045)

It was Valentine's Day on the 14th of February of 2022, on Lulu Island. In the morning, I had pizza slices at the pizzeria, where Rose the Filipina was the regular vendor. In the afternoon, I drank black iced tea at the cafe, where I talked to my Anglo-Saxon neighbours Barb and Ken about travelling around this world, Mayan and Aztec pyramids in Mexico, the creole languages in the Caribbean, the otherworldly buildings in the Greek Islands, our common knowledge of prestigious French, and our experiences of the Pandemic, and then talked to Hans the Netherlander about the months-long adjustment phase of the new James Webb Space Telescope, the Jovian atmosphere with lightnings, artifacts of Ancient Egypt, lightning-made glass, and dinosaur bones. At the cafe, I noticed two different round-headed stocky men, who came in and out.

Source: tatoeba (10674504)

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