Definition of barbouse - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

espionnage

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agent secret ou espion travaillant pour les services de renseignement

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Les barbouses surveillaient discrètement les suspects dans la rue.

agent secret

espion

pilosité

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barbe fournie ou mal soignée

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Il s'est laissé pousser une barbouse pendant les vacances.

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Origin of barbouse

italien? ou argot, barbouse (barbe + suffixe -ouse)

Examples of barbouse in a sentence

Les barbouses échangeaient des informations dans un café discret.
Sa barbouse grisonnante lui donne dix ans de plus.
On reconnaît le vieux routier à sa barbouse mal taillée.

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English:spook, bushy beard, ...
German:Geheimagent, Rauschebart, ...
Italian:agente segreto, barbone, ...
Spanish:agente secreto, barbaza, ...
Portuguese:agente secreto, barba farta, ...
Chinese:特工, 大胡子, ...
Japanese:スパイ, ぼさぼさのひげ, ...
Arabic:جاسوس, لِحْيَة كَثِيفَة, ...
Hebrew:סוֹכֵן חֲשָׁאִי, זָקָן פָּרוּעַ, ...
Russian:агент спецслужб, кустистая борода, ...
Ukrainian:агент спецслужб, куща́ста борода, ...
Catalan:agent secret, barbota, ...
Danish:en spion, buskeskæg, ...
Dutch:geheim agent, woeste baard, ...
Greek:πράκτορας, γένια, ...
Hungarian:titkos ügynök, bozontos szakáll, ...
Khmer:ចារកម្ម, ពុកចង្ការរញ៉េរញ៉ៃ, ...
Korean:비밀 요원, 덥수룩한 수염, ...
Polish:agent wywiadu, broda, ...
Portuguese (BR):agente secreto, barba cheia, ...
Romanian:agent secret, barbă deasă, ...
Swedish:spion, buskskägg, ...
Thai:สายลับ, เครารุงรัง, ...
Turkish:gizli ajan, dağınık sakal, ...
Vietnamese:điệp viên mật vụ, râu rậm, ...

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Definition of barbouse - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Origin of barbouse

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