French

Adjective

barbare m, f ‎(plural barbares)

1. barbarian (uncivilized)
2. Berber

Anagrams

• barbera

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. plural of barbara

Anagrams

• barbera

Latin

Etymology

From barbarus ‎(“foreign, barbarous”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.re/, [ˈbar.ba.rɛ]

Adverb

barbarē ‎(comparable barbarius, superlative barbarissimē)

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

Related terms

• barbaria
• barbaricus
• barbarismus
• barbarus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “barbare”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Middle French

Adjective

barbare m, 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-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of barbar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of barbar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) future subjunctive form of barbar.