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barnacle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”). First attestations referred to the goose, with corresponding folklore (q.v.).

Meanings

  1. A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
  2. The barnacle goose.
  3. (slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
  4. (slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
  5. (slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
  6. (in-plural, obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
  7. (UK, archaic, in-plural, slang) A pair of spectacles.
  8. (obsolete, slang) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
  9. (slang) A worldly sailor.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barnacles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

barnacle eater · O'Shea's vent barnacle · barnaclelike · gooseneck barnacle · barnacle goose · whale barnacle · rock barnacle · barnacular · barnacle scale · barnacly · debarnacle · goose barnacle · giant barnacle · acorn barnacle

Hypernyms

arthropod · crustacean

Synonyms

cruft · shellback · twitch

Translations (63)

bg морски жълъд (marine crustacean) · hu kacslábú rák (marine crustacean) · mk мо́рски рак (marine crustacean) · vi(marine crustacean) · pt craca (marine crustacean) · fi siimajalkainen (marine crustacean) · mk о́чила (nickname for spectacles) · it lepade (marine crustacean) · fi fiksaus (engineering: change made on the manufacturing floor) · da rankefod (marine crustacean) · nuk ƛaan̕uł (marine crustacean) · ga giúrann (marine crustacean) · sv rankfoting (marine crustacean) · pl wąsonóg (marine crustacean) · ar بَرْنَقِيل (marine crustacean) · sq balan (marine crustacean) · is hrúðurkarl (marine crustacean) · el θυσανόποδο (marine crustacean) · pt bernacla (marine crustacean) · ru баля́нус (marine crustacean) · mi pātitotito (marine crustacean) · fr bernache (marine crustacean) · da rur (marine crustacean) · fi herkkupala (slang: good job, or snack easily obtained) · ky дениз өрдөгү (marine crustacean) · fi kakkulat (nickname for spectacles) · de Seepocke (marine crustacean) · gd giùran (marine crustacean) · pt percebe (marine crustacean) · tl taliptip (marine crustacean) · gl percebe (marine crustacean) · ms teritip (marine crustacean) · ru усоно́гий рак (marine crustacean) · hi बार्नेकल (marine crustacean) · fi rillit (nickname for spectacles) · nl zeepok (marine crustacean) · es balano (marine crustacean) · de Rankenfüßer (marine crustacean) · mk лу́пар (marine crustacean) · cmn 藤壺 /藤壶 (marine crustacean) · sh lupar (marine crustacean) · mi tiotio (marine crustacean) · cs svijonožka (marine crustacean) · ko 따개비 (marine crustacean) · tr sülükayaklı (marine crustacean) · ru морско́й жёлудь (marine crustacean) · th เพรียง (marine crustacean) · da balan (marine crustacean) · ru морска́я у́точка (marine crustacean) · es percebe (marine crustacean) · pt perceve (marine crustacean) · ja フジツボ (marine crustacean) · de Rankenfußkrebs (marine crustacean) · fr pouce-pied (marine crustacean) · my ခရင်း (marine crustacean) · ca percebe (marine crustacean) · ja 富士壺 (marine crustacean) · lut c'ubc'ub (marine crustacean) · cy cragen grachod (marine crustacean) · ru бала́нус (marine crustacean) · cy cragen long (marine crustacean) · es bálano (marine crustacean) · lt ūsakojis (marine crustacean)

barnacle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”). First attestations referred to the goose, with corresponding folklore (q.v.).

Meanings

  1. To connect with or attach.
    • Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge. 2009, Liza Dalby, Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos, Stone Bridge Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 178:
    • To dream that some things just barnacle to your heart, and it might take years, or it might always just be there. 2020, “YTK, Lunar Cartographer”, in Timmy's Unbuttoned Gen X Meditations, performed by Good Fuck:
  2. To press close against something.
    • He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace. 2002, Douglas Coupland, All Families Are Psychotic, Vintage Canada, published 2002, →ISBN, page 16:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barnacling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barnacles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barnacled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barnacled Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

limpet