barbara
English edit
Etymology edit
From the name Barbara; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːb(ə)ɹə/
- Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ra
Noun edit
barbara (plural barbaras)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barbara f (plural barbare)
- female equivalent of barbaro
Adjective edit
barbara f sg
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]
Etymology 1 edit
From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Noun edit
barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Vocative |
Adjective edit
barbara
- inflection of barbarus:
Adjective edit
barbarā
References edit
- “barbăra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1. BARBARA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).
Noun edit
barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ||
Genitive | ||
Dative | ||
Accusative | ||
Ablative | ||
Vocative |
References edit
- barbăra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 207/2.
- “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Spanish edit
Verb edit
barbara