barbar

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See also: Barbar, barbár, and bàrbar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

barbar (first-person singular present barbo, first-person singular preterite barbí, past participle barbat)

  1. to beard (to grow hair on the chin and jaw)

Conjugation

Czech

Noun

barbar m anim

  1. barbarian
  2. philistine (uncultured person)

Declension

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange).

Pronunciation

Noun

barbar c (singular definite barbaren, plural indefinite barbarer)

  1. barbarian (an uncivilized person)

Inflection

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch barbaar, from Middle Dutch barbaer, from barbarien, from Old French barbare, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros). Cognate of Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bar‧bar

Adjective

barbar

  1. barbaric, uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth.

Noun

barbar (first-person possessive barbarku, second-person possessive barbarmu, third-person possessive barbarnya)

  1. barbarian.

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Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, non-Greek, strange).

Noun

barbar m (definite singular barbaren, indefinite plural barbarer, definite plural barbarene)

  1. a barbarian

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, non-Greek, strange).

Noun

barbar m (definite singular barbaren, indefinite plural barbarar, definite plural barbarane)

  1. a barbarian

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbare. Doublet of varvar.

Noun

barbar m (plural barbari)

  1. barbarian

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎrbar/
  • Hyphenation: bar‧bar

Noun

bàrbar m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀рбар)

  1. barbarian

Declension

References

  • barbar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From barba +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bar‧bar

Verb

barbar (first-person singular present barbo, first-person singular preterite barbé, past participle barbado)

  1. (intransitive) to beard (to grow hair on the chin and jaw)

Conjugation

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

Noun

barbar c

  1. barbarian (an uncivilized person)

Declension

Declension of barbar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative barbar barbaren barbarer barbarerna
Genitive barbars barbarens barbarers barbarernas

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbare, from Medieval Latin barbarinus (Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian), from Latin barbaria (foreign country), from barbarus (foreigner, savage), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, non-Greek, strange), possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

barbar

  1. barbarian (uncivilized)

Declension