bagarre
See also: bagarré
French edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Compare Middle French bagarot (“noise, tumult, contention, strife”) and Provençal bagarro (“brawl”), possibly from Basque batzarre (“meeting, assembly”). Compare also Old Norse bágr (“resistance, struggle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagarre f (plural bagarres)
- brawl, fight
- 1968, “Avant la bagarre”, performed by France Gall:
- Avant la bagarre / Réfléchis bien / Car il est bien plus grand que toi
- Before the fight / Think about it / Because he's much bigger than you
Descendants edit
- → Italian: bagarre
Further reading edit
- “bagarre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French bagarre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagarre f (invariable)
- heated discussion, row
- turmoil, bustle
- Synonyms: tafferuglio, trambusto, tumulto
- (cycling) decisive leg of a cycling race
References edit
- ^ bagarre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- bagarre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana