# beagle
## English
### 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: /ˈbiːɡəl/, [ˈb̥iːɡəɫ]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːɡəl

### Noun

beagle (plural beagles)
* 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.
* 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.
* A bailiff.
* A small kind of shark.

#### Derived terms

* bagle
* bagle hound
* beagador
* Beagle Channel
* beaglepuss
* beagler
* beaglier
* legal beagle
* poogle
* puggle

#### Translations
### Verb

beagle (third-person singular simple present beagles, present participle beagling, simple past and past participle beagled)
* 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 […]
* 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
### Anagrams

* Belgae, glebae

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English beagle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiːɡəl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bea‧gle

### Noun

beagle m (plural beagles, diminutive beagletje n)
* beagle (hound)

### Anagrams

* belage

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English beagle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiːɡl/, [ˈbiːɡl]
* IPA: /ˈbiːɡle/, [ˈbiːɡle̞]
* Rhymes: -iːɡl

### Noun

beagle
* beagle (dog)

#### Declension

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 beagleini $^{rare}$
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 beagleisi $^{rare}$
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 beagleimme $^{rare}$
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 beagleinne $^{rare}$
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 beagleinsa $^{rare}$
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]‎ (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: /biɡl/

### Noun

beagle m (plural beagles)
* beagle (dog)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English beagle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiɡl/
* Rhymes: -iɡl
* Syllabification: beagle

### Noun

beagle m animal
* beagle (small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares)

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈbi.ɡow/ [ˈbi.ɡoʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.ɡɐl/ [ˈbi.ɣɐɫ]

### Noun

beagle m or f by sense (plural beagles)
* beagle (small breed of dog)

## Spanish
### Noun

beagle m (plural beagles)
* beagle