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Laissez-vous chatouiller l’imagination aux championnats du monde des barbes et moustaches
Citation:
“In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.”
Rebecca West
Glossaire bref – français-anglais:
Style de barbes, source Wikipédia
1 : la barbe de trois jours
2 : la moustache
3 : la barbiche
4 : le bouc
5 : les favoris
6 : Souvarov
7 : Impériale
8 :Complète
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(une) moustache |
mustache (USA) |
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(une) barbe |
beard |
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(une) barbe de plusieurs jours |
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(une) barbiche |
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(Un) bouc |
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(un) cil |
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(Les) bacchantes |
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(une) moustache à la gauloise |
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(une) moustache en brosse |
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(les) cheveux |
hair |
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(un) collier |
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(un) sourcil |
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(une) barbe complète |
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(Une) barbe de légionnaire |
Shenandoah, |
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(une) barbe garibaldi |
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(une) barbichette, |
soul patch |
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(une) Impériale |
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(une) moustache à la Errol Flynn |
pencil mustache |
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(une) moustache en guidon de vélo, |
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(une) moustache en virgule |
curled mustache |
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(une) moustache fer à cheval |
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(une) moustache postiche |
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(une) vandyke |
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Moustache biseautée |
lampshade mustache |
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pilosité facial |
“face fungus” |
Référence littéraire:
La Moustache, Guy de Maupassant
Expressions idiomatiques:
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À mon nez et à ma barbe |
Right under my nose |
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La barbe ! |
What a bore |
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barber |
To bore |
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Une vieille barbe |
A senior member of an organization |
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Expressions anglaises avec “beard” et “mustache” |
Explication |
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to mutter in one’s beard |
Parler dans sa barbe |
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to beard the lion in his den |
Il vaut mieux parler à Dieu |
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A kiss without a mustache is like beef without mustard (Italian) |
Un baiser sans moustache, |
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Expression anglaise |
Explication |
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hair-raising |
very frightening: Driving through the mountains was a hair-raising experience. |
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hair out of place |
If someone does not have a hair out of place, their appearance is very tidy: She was immaculate as ever, not a hair out of place. |
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to split hairs |
to argue about whether unimportant details are exactly correct: 'She earns three times what I earn.' 'Actually, it's more like two and a half.' 'Oh! Stop splitting hairs!' |
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put hairs(s) |
If you say that food or drink will put hair on someone's chest, you mean that the food will make them strong and healthy or that the drink is very alcoholic: Here, have a swig of this. That should put hair on your chest! |
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make your hair |
to cause you to be very frightened: His detailed account of the battle made my hair stand on end. |
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to hang by a hair |
to hang by something very thin, such as a thread or a hair. |
Note géographique/historique :
Note linguistique :
En anglais il existe le mot “barb”, qui est dérivé du mot français « barbe », mais qui ne veut pas dire « barbe ». Voici les définitions offertes par le Merriam Webster Online Dictionary : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barb
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BARB 1 1 : a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck
b : a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment 3 : barbel 4 : any of the side branches of the shaft of a feather 5 : a plant hair or bristle ending in a hook Origin of BARB Middle English barbe barb, beard, from Anglo-French, from Latin barba First Known Use: 14th century BARB 2 any of a northern African breed of horses that are noted for speed and endurance
Origin of BARB French barbe, from Italian barbero, from barbero of Barbary, from Barberia Barbary, coastal region in Africa First Known Use: 1636 BARB 3 Slang: barbituate First Known Use of BARB 1967 |
ADDENDUM le 25 avril 2012
Tell me about your beard
The Economist
La barbe ne fait pas le philosophe…les moustaches, si!
Le Monde, 26.02.2013

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