barbaro

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
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