beagle

See also: Beagle

English

A beagle.

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡəl/, [ˈb̥iːɡəɫ]

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːɡəl

Noun

beagle (plural beagles)

1. 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.
2. 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.

3. A bailiff.
4. A small kind of shark.

Derived terms

• Beagle Channel
• legal beagle

Translations

small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet

• Bulgarian: зайчар (zajčar)
• Czech: bígl m
• Dutch: beagle (nl) m
• Finnish: beagle (fi)
• French: briquet (fr) m
• Hungarian: beagle (hu), (loosely) vadászkopó (hu), kopó (hu)
• Irish: pocadán m, pocadán beag m
• Macedonian: за́јчар m (zájčar)
• Malay: anjing beagle
• Portuguese: beagle (pt) m
• Russian: го́нчая (ru) f (gónčaja)
• Slovak: bígl m
• Spanish: beagle (es) m
• Swedish: beagle (sv)
• Tagalog: aso (tl)
• Welsh: corhelgi m

snooping person

• Bulgarian: доносник (bg) (donosnik)
• Dutch: snuffelaar (nl) m, speurneus (nl) m
• Finnish: nuuskija (fi)
• Hungarian: rendőrkém, rendőrspicli (hu), rendőrkopó (hu), besúgó (hu), spicli (hu)
• Indonesian: siberat

Verb

beagle (third-person singular simple present beagles, present participle beagling, simple past and past participle beagled)

1. 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 […]

2. 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

to hunt with beagles

to search — see search

Anagrams

• Belgae, glebae

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English beagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡəl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bea‧gle

Noun

beagle m (plural beagles, diminutive beagletje n)

1. beagle (hound)

Anagrams

• belage

Finnish

Etymology

From English beagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡl/, [ˈbiːɡl]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡle/, [ˈbiːɡle̞]

Noun

beagle

1. beagle (dog)

Declension

Inflection of beagle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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 beagleinrare
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.

Possessive forms of beagle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative beagleni beagleni accusative nom. beagleni beagleni gen. beagleni genitive beagleni beaglejeni beagleinirare partitive beagleani beaglejani inessive beaglessani beagleissani elative beaglestani beagleistani illative beagleeni beagleihini adessive beaglellani beagleillani ablative beagleltani beagleiltani allative beaglelleni beagleilleni essive beaglenani beagleinani translative beaglekseni beagleikseni abessive beaglettani beagleittani instructive — — comitative — beagleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative beaglesi beaglesi accusative nom. beaglesi beaglesi gen. beaglesi genitive beaglesi beaglejesi beagleisirare partitive beagleasi beaglejasi inessive beaglessasi beagleissasi elative beaglestasi beagleistasi illative beagleesi beagleihisi adessive beaglellasi beagleillasi ablative beagleltasi beagleiltasi allative beaglellesi beagleillesi essive beaglenasi beagleinasi translative beagleksesi beagleiksesi abessive beaglettasi beagleittasi instructive — — comitative — beagleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative beaglemme beaglemme accusative nom. beaglemme beaglemme gen. beaglemme genitive beaglemme beaglejemme beagleimmerare partitive beagleamme beaglejamme inessive beaglessamme beagleissamme elative beaglestamme beagleistamme illative beagleemme beagleihimme adessive beaglellamme beagleillamme ablative beagleltamme beagleiltamme allative beaglellemme beagleillemme essive beaglenamme beagleinamme translative beagleksemme beagleiksemme abessive beaglettamme beagleittamme instructive — — comitative — beagleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative beaglenne beaglenne accusative nom. beaglenne beaglenne gen. beaglenne genitive beaglenne beaglejenne beagleinnerare partitive beagleanne beaglejanne inessive beaglessanne beagleissanne elative beaglestanne beagleistanne illative beagleenne beagleihinne adessive beaglellanne beagleillanne ablative beagleltanne beagleiltanne allative beaglellenne beagleillenne essive beaglenanne beagleinanne translative beagleksenne beagleiksenne abessive beaglettanne beagleittanne instructive — — comitative — beagleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative beaglensa beaglensa accusative nom. beaglensa beaglensa gen. beaglensa genitive beaglensa beaglejensa beagleinsarare partitive beagleaan beagleansa beaglejaan beaglejansa inessive beaglessaan beaglessansa beagleissaan beagleissansa elative beaglestaan beaglestansa beagleistaan beagleistansa illative beagleensa beagleihinsa adessive beaglellaan beaglellansa beagleillaan beagleillansa ablative beagleltaan beagleltansa beagleiltaan beagleiltansa allative beaglelleen beaglellensa beagleilleen beagleillensa essive beaglenaan beaglenansa beagleinaan beagleinansa translative beaglekseen beagleksensa beagleikseen beagleiksensa abessive beaglettaan beaglettansa beagleittaan beagleittansa instructive — — comitative — beagleineen beagleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• beagle-harrier
• elizabethinbeagle
• kerrynbeagle
• taskubeagle

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡl/

Noun

beagle m (plural beagles)

1. beagle (dog)

Polish

beagle

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English beagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡl/
• Rhymes: -iɡl
• Syllabification: beagle

Noun

beagle m animal

1. beagle (small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares)

Declension

Declension of beagle

	singular	plural
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

• beagle in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beagle in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• beagle in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡow/ [ˈbi.ɡoʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡɐl/ [ˈbi.ɣɐɫ]

Noun

beagle m or f by sense (plural beagles)

1. beagle (small breed of dog)

Spanish

Noun

beagle m (plural beagles)

1. beagle