beagle
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English *begel (begles (plural)), of uncertain origin. Possibly a corruption of Middle English bedel (“beadle”) in the sense of "constable, detective" (for change of d compare Middle English bugge from Old English budda; Middle English -inge from -inde; etc.); or alternatively from Middle French beegueule (“one who keeps their mouth open”), whence modern French bégueule (“a colloquial insult said to women of low status and accused of stupidity, who always have their mouths gaped or open; a prude”); from Old French beer, bayer (“to gape, gawk”) Old French gueule (“gullet”). The modern French bigle (“beagle”) however is a borrowing from the English.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈbiːɡəl/, [ˈb̥iːɡəɫ]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːɡəl
Noun
editbeagle (plural beagles)
- A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
- A person who snoops on others; a detective.
- 2002, Susan Isaacs, Long Time No See, page 243:
- […] whereas burying a body in the wooded area beyond the backyard was the quickest way to make a Nassau County Police Department beagle look good.
- A bailiff.
- A small kind of shark.
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Verb
editbeagle (third-person singular simple present beagles, present participle beagling, simple past and past participle beagled)
- To hunt with beagles.
- 1933, Charles Pascoe Hawkes, Heydays: a salad of memories and impressions, page 20:
- […] reading men who beagled for fresh air and exercise, impecunious hunting men who beagled for economy […]
- To search.
- 1997, Fletcher Pratt, A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire, page 150:
- […] Pope clapped his hand to his forehead and beagled like a maniac; he had clean forgotten Thorofare Gap.
Translations
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editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbeagle m (plural beagles, diminutive beagletje n)
- beagle (hound)
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbeagle
- beagle (dog)
Declension
editInflection of beagle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | beagle | beaglet | |
genitive | beaglen | beaglejen | |
partitive | beaglea | beagleja | |
illative | beagleen | beagleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | beagle | beaglet | |
accusative | nom. | beagle | beaglet |
gen. | beaglen | ||
genitive | beaglen | beaglejen beaglein rare | |
partitive | beaglea | beagleja | |
inessive | beaglessa | beagleissa | |
elative | beaglesta | beagleista | |
illative | beagleen | beagleihin | |
adessive | beaglella | beagleilla | |
ablative | beaglelta | beagleilta | |
allative | beaglelle | beagleille | |
essive | beaglena | beagleina | |
translative | beagleksi | beagleiksi | |
abessive | beagletta | beagleitta | |
instructive | — | beaglein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “beagle”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbeagle m (plural beagles)
- beagle (dog)
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English beagle.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeagle m animal
- beagle (small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | beagle | beagle'e |
genitive | beagle'a | beagle'i/beagli |
dative | beagle'owi | beagle'om |
accusative | beagle'a | beagle'e |
instrumental | beagle'em | beagle'ami |
locative | beagle'u | beagle'ach |
vocative | beagle'u | beagle'e |
Further reading
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
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Noun
editbeagle m or f by sense (plural beagles)
- beagle (small breed of dog)
Spanish
editNoun
editbeagle m (plural beagles)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːɡəl
- Rhymes:English/iːɡəl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- en:People
- en:Scenthounds
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Dogs
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- fi:Dogs
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Dogs
- Polish terms derived from Middle English
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- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
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- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/iɡl
- Rhymes:Polish/iɡl/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- pl:Scenthounds
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- pt:Dogs
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Dogs