Faroese

Proper noun

Barba f

1. A female given name, cognate to Barbara

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Barba: Barbuson
• daughter Barba: Barbudóttir

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba/

Proper noun

Barba m ‎(genitive Barbae); first declension

1. a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Cassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)

Declension

First declension.

References

• Barba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 Barba”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 207/2.

Asturian

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbes)

1. chin
2. beard
3. baleen

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal barba, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ ‎(“beard”).

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbes)

1. chin
2. beard

Synonyms

• (chin): mentó, barbó

Verb

barba

1. third-person singular present indicative form of barbar
2. second-person singular imperative form of barbar

Cimbrian

Noun

barba m ‎(plural barben)

1. uncle

References

• “barba” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Emilian

Alternative forms

• bärba (Parmigiano)
• berba (Carpigiano)
• bèrba (Bolognese)

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbi)

1. (Mirandolese) beard

Esperanto

Etymology

From barbo ‎(“beard”) +‎ -a ‎(adjectival suffix).

Adjective

barba ‎(accusative singular barban, plural barbaj, accusative plural barbajn)

1. of or related to beards
2. (of people) having a beard, beardy

Related terms

• barbo ‎(“beard”)

Synonyms

• (bearded): barbhava

French

Verb

barba

1. third-person singular past historic of barber

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese barba, from Latin barba.

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbas)

1. beard
2. chin
3. (ornithology) barb (of a feather)

Synonyms

• (chin): barbadela

Interlingua

Noun

barba ‎(plural barbas)

1. beard

Related terms

• barbero

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ ‎(“beard”).

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbe)

1. beard
2. (botany) root, rootlet
3. (zoology) barb
4. (colloquial) bore, drag, yawn

Derived terms

See also

• baffi m pl

Etymology 2

From the above term, from the fact that a beard represents a grown man.

Noun

barba m

1. uncle (mainly used in Northern Italy and Italophone Switzerland)

Synonyms

• zio

Latin

barba (beard)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba/

Etymology 1

From earlier *farba, with initial b- assimilated to -rb, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ ‎(“beard”). Compare also barbātus.

Noun

barba f ‎(genitive barbae); first declension

1. beard (facial hair)

   Barba non facit philosophum.‎

   A beard does not make a philosopher.

   Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video.‎

   I see a beard and cloak; a philosopher I don’t yet see.

2. (figuratively) wool, down on a plant

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• (beard): barbitium

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 69

Etymology 2

A variant form of the Medieval Latin barbās ‎(“paternal uncle”).

Noun

barba m ‎(genitive barbae); first declension

1. Alternative form of barbās

Declension

First declension.

References

• barba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• barba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 2. BARBA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
    
• barba in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barba in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Noun

barba m

1. uncle

Portuguese

barba

Etymology

From Old Portuguese barba, barva, from Latin barba ‎(“beard”), from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ ‎(“beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ.βɐ/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ba

Noun

barba f (plural barbas)

1. beard

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:barba.

See also

• bigode m

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂- (compare English beard). Compare meaning of "uncle" to Friulian barbe, Italian barba, Dalmatian buarba.

Noun

barba f (plural barbas)

1. beard

Noun

barba m (plural barbas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) uncle

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aug
• (Sutsilvan) oc, ô

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) onda
  • (Vallader) anda
  • (Puter, Vallader) tanta

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• varba
• varva

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Noun

barba f (plural barbi)

1. beard

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ ‎(“beard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.βa/

Noun

barba f ‎(plural barbas)

1. beard
2. chin

Derived terms

• barbería f
• barbero m
• barbilla f
• barbudo

See also

• bigote m
• piocha f