barbu

[ bahr-boo ]

noun

1. a threadfin, Polydactylus virginicus, inhabiting western Atlantic coastal waters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of barbu¹

From French: literally, “bearded, having barbels or wattles,” from unattested Late Latin barbūtus, for Latin barbātus; barbate

Example Sentences

Finally the singer Sia, she’s one of my besties, she’s like, “Oh, no no no. There is a female surgeon whose name is Dr. Anca Barbu.”

From Los Angeles Times

Vasile Barbu, 48, appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

From BBC

Mr Barbu, from Abergavenny, was granted bail to appear at Newport Crown Court.

From BBC

“If we want to know how well algorithms will perform in the real world, we should test them on images that are unbiased and that they’ve never seen before,” one of the dataset’s co-creators, research scientist Andrei Barbu, told MIT News.

From The Verge

The movie, which at times echoes “Moonlight” and “The Florida Project,” is all so real and gradually immersive it can feel as if we’re merely tagging along on a couple of strangers’ hardscrabble lives, observing from a respectful yet still gripping distance thanks to cinematographer Barbu Balasoiu’s documentary-style lensing and hypnotic use of stationary, extended medium-long shots.

From Los Angeles Times