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goatee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɡoʊˈtiː/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɡəʊˈtiː/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English goot English goat English -ee English goatee From goat + -ee (diminutive suffix), referring to the tuft of hair on the chin of many domestic goats.

Meanings

1. A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
   • One person sports a goatee, the hair refusing to grow on the sides of his physiognomy; the chin of another is as smooth as a baby's cheek,—he contents himself with a modest moustache and a faint attempt at an imperial; while a few of the upper classes rejoice in all the varieties. 1845 February, “Editors' Table”, in The Williams Monthly Miscellany, volume 1, number 8, page 367:
   • The terrorist, as he called himself, was old and bald, with a narrow, snow-white wisp of a goatee hanging limply from his chin. 1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter III, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, London: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1907, →OCLC, page 44:
   • "Yes, sir, behind you. He is a man of middle size, rather inclined to shortness. He is old, over sixty, with white hair, curved nose and a white, small beard of the variety that is called goatee." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Forms

Coordinates

soul patch

Deriveds

begoateed · goateed

Translations (77)

sl kózja brádica (beard at the center of the chin) · it pizzetto (beard at the center of the chin) · yi ציגן־בערדל (beard at the center of the chin) · it pizzo (beard at the center of the chin) · lv āža bārdiņa (beard at the center of the chin) · ko 염소 수염 (beard at the center of the chin) · es piocha (beard at the center of the chin) · lv kazbārdiņa (beard at the center of the chin) · pt barbicha (beard at the center of the chin) · ro barbișă (beard at the center of the chin) · sv pipskägg (beard at the center of the chin) · bo ཨོག་ཤོལ (beard at the center of the chin) · de Spitzbart (beard at the center of the chin) · ms janggut sejemput (beard at the center of the chin) · de Kinnbart (beard at the center of the chin) · es chiva (beard at the center of the chin) · sv getskägg (beard at the center of the chin) · bo ཨོག་ཚོམ (beard at the center of the chin) · tk çokga (beard at the center of the chin) · da fipskæg (beard at the center of the chin) · nl bokkenbaard (beard at the center of the chin) · io mentonobarbo (beard at the center of the chin) · fr barbichette (beard at the center of the chin) · hu kecskeszakáll (beard at the center of the chin) · eo mentonbarbo (beard at the center of the chin) · pdc Geessbaart (beard at the center of the chin) · haw ʻumiʻumi (beard at the center of the chin) · ru козли́ная боро́дка (beard at the center of the chin) · ro barbișon (beard at the center of the chin) · sv bockskägg (beard at the center of the chin) · pt cavanhaque (beard at the center of the chin) · eo kaprobarbo (beard at the center of the chin) · sw kionjamchuzi (beard at the center of the chin) · hi बकरदाढ़ी (beard at the center of the chin) · ru ко́зья боро́дка (beard at the center of the chin) · tr keçi sakal (beard at the center of the chin) · ga caibín féasóige (beard at the center of the chin) · ar عُثْنُون (beard at the center of the chin) · mk шилесто брадиче (beard at the center of the chin) · ja 山羊髭 (beard at the center of the chin) · bo འག་ཚོམ (beard at the center of the chin) · bg козя брадичка (beard at the center of the chin) · cmn 山羊鬍子 /山羊胡子 (beard at the center of the chin) · pt pera (beard at the center of the chin) · sk briadka (beard at the center of the chin) · es chivera (beard at the center of the chin) · ga cab féasóige (beard at the center of the chin) · ca masclet (beard at the center of the chin) · pl kozia bródka (beard at the center of the chin) · no bukkeskjegg (beard at the center of the chin) · mi hurukauae (beard at the center of the chin) · ca pera (beard at the center of the chin) · cs bradka (beard at the center of the chin) · ga meigeall (beard at the center of the chin) · es barba de chivo (beard at the center of the chin) · th เคราแพะ (beard at the center of the chin) · fa ریش بزی (beard at the center of the chin) · hi गोटी (beard at the center of the chin) · pt cavaignac (beard at the center of the chin) · hi बुच्ची दाढ़ी (beard at the center of the chin) · et kitsehabe (beard at the center of the chin) · nl kinbaardje (beard at the center of the chin) · cy garfr (beard at the center of the chin) · vi râu dê (beard at the center of the chin) · es perilla (beard at the center of the chin) · ka თხაწვერა (beard at the center of the chin) · nrf barbiche (beard at the center of the chin) · de Ziegenbart (beard at the center of the chin) · fr bouc (beard at the center of the chin) · haw kāwelewele (beard at the center of the chin) · ru эспаньо́лка (beard at the center of the chin) · nl sik (beard at the center of the chin) · de Goatee (beard at the center of the chin) · fi pukinparta (beard at the center of the chin) · fr barbiche (beard at the center of the chin) · he זְקַן הַתַּיִשׁ (beard at the center of the chin) · is hökutoppur (beard at the center of the chin)