Berber

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English

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Etymology

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech.

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Noun

Berber (plural Berbers)

  1. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

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Proper noun

Berber

  1. A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.

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Adjective

Berber (not comparable)

  1. Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.bər/
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  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ber

Noun

Berber m (plural Berbers)

  1. Berber, Berber person

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Proper noun

Berber n

  1. Berber, Berber languages

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek”). Doublet of Barbar.

Noun

Berber m (strong, genitive Berbers, plural Berber, feminine Berberin)

  1. Berber person
Declension
Declension of Berber
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Berber die Berber
genitive eines des Berbers der Berber
dative einem dem Berber den Berbern
accusative einen den Berber die Berber
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Berber m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berbers or (with an article) Berber, feminine genitive Berber, plural Berbers or Berber)

  1. a surname

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běrber/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ber

Noun

Bèrber m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрбер)

  1. Berber (member of the Berber ethnic group)

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Declension of Berber
singular plural
nominative Berber Berberi
genitive Berbera Berbera
dative Berberu Berberima
accusative Berbera Berbere
vocative Berberu Berberi
locative Berberu Berberima
instrumental Berberom Berberima

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