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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech.
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Noun[edit]
Berber (plural Berbers)
- A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
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Translations[edit]
Member of northwest African ethnic group
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Proper noun[edit]
Berber
- A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.
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Adjective[edit]
Berber (not comparable)
- Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.
Translations[edit]
of the Berber people
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Berber m (plural Berbers)
- Berber, Berber person
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Proper noun[edit]
Berber n
- Berber, Berber languages
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek”). Doublet of Barbar.
Noun[edit]
Berber m (strong, genitive Berbers, plural Berber, feminine Berberin)
- Berber person
Declension[edit]
Declension of Berber [masculine, strong]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Berber m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berbers or (with an article) Berber, feminine genitive Berber, plural Berbers or Berber)
- a surname
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bèrber m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрбер)
- Berber (member of the Berber ethnic group)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Berber
Derived terms[edit]
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- English countable nouns
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch proper nouns
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- German 2-syllable words
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