stubble

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Verb

To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.

Sinonieme

stump

bristle

stalk

straw

stubble-field

chaff

husk

shuck

stub

eddish

crop residue

butt

culm

end

🔚

haulm

unshaven face

crop residues

plant residues

beard

Vertalings

Stoppel

rastrojo

chaume

stoppia

barbe de trois jours

éteule

anız

Stoppelbart

stoppel

restolho

stipulae

barbe de plusieurs jours

καλαμιά

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stuble

Verwante met Frans: éteule

Verwante met Nederlands: stoppel

Verwante met Duits: Stoppel

Verwante met Duits: Stupfel

In summary

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.