beagle
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for…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.
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Meaning
4 sensesA small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
го́нчаяgónčaja
a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
A bailiff.
A small kind of shark.
Examples
4 sentencesHow many beagles does Tom have?
I want a beagle.
He has a foxhound beagle.
Yet I get no repose and I can't even doze without dreaming I'm back on the Beagle.
deDoch bekomme ich keine Ruhe und ich kann nicht einmal dösen ohne zu träumen, ich sei zurück auf der Beagle.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English *begel (attested in the plural begles), of uncertain origin.Inherited from Middle English *begel (attested in the plural begles), of uncertain origin. Possibly 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.
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