barbare

See also: barbaré

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin barbarinus (Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian), from Latin barbaria (foreign country).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁ.baʁ/
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Adjective

barbare (plural barbares)

  1. barbarian (uncivilized)
  2. Berber

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Interlingua

Adjective

barbare (comparative plus barbare, superlative le plus barbare)

  1. barbarous

Italian

Adjective

barbare f pl

  1. feminine plural of barbaro

Noun

barbare f pl

  1. feminine plural of barbaro

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Latin

Etymology

From barbarus (foreign, barbarous).

Pronunciation

Adverb

barbarē (comparative barbarius, superlative barbarissimē)

  1. In the manner of a foreigner.
  2. rudely, incorrectly
  3. roughly, cruelly

References

  • barbare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • barbare”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • barbare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle French

Adjective

barbare m or f (plural barbares)

  1. barbaric

Norman

Etymology

From Latin barbarus (foreigner, savage), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange), originally onomatopoeic, imitating foreign (non-Greek) speech.

Noun

barbare m (plural barbares)

  1. (Jersey) barbarian

Spanish

Verb

barbare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of barbar
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