barbaro

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See also: Barbaro and bárbaro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin barbarus (foreign, savage), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ro/
  • Rhymes: -arbaro
  • Hyphenation: bàr‧ba‧ro

Adjective

barbaro (feminine barbara, masculine plural barbari, feminine plural barbare)

  1. barbaric, barbarous
  2. barbarian
  3. appalling

Derived terms

Noun

barbaro m (plural barbari, feminine barbara)

  1. barbarian

Further reading

  • barbaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

barbarō

  1. dative/ablative singular of barbarus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin barbarus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈβaɾβaɾo/
    • Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ro

    Adjective

    barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)

    1. barbarian

    Noun

    barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)

    1. barbarian

    Descendants

    • Fala: bárbaru
    • Galician: bárbaro
    • Portuguese: bárbaro

    References