barbue
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
barbue
- feminine singular of barbu (“bearded”)
Noun
barbue f (plural barbues)
- brill (type of sunfish)
- Synonym: barbue commune f
- (Louisiana, Missouri) catfish (e.g. channel, blue, or blue channel catfish)
- Synonym: poisson-chat m
- 2010, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 310:
- Le monde de Des Allemands là-bas, eusse pêche les barbues, et là eusse ramasse la viande et eusse vend les têtes à les pêcheurs à crabes. Et là y a pas de gaspi, tu vois.
- The people from Des Allemands, they fish for catfish, and they collect the meat and they sell the heads to crab fishermen. And there’s no waste, you see.
Derived terms
- barbue à tête plate (“flathead catfish”)
- la barbue du bon Dieu (“good-natured person”)
Further reading
- “barbue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)