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

• barbaramente

Noun

barbaro m (plural barbari, feminine barbara)

1. barbarian

Further reading

• barbaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• abbarro, abbarrò, abborra

Latin

Noun

barbarō

1. dative/ablative singular of barbarus