barbarisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bər.bəˈɾiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baɾ.baˈɾiz.me]

Noun

barbarisme m (plural barbarismes)

1. a lexical borrowing not considered nativized within a given language; linguistic interference

   Coordinate term: modisme

   Hyponym: castellanisme

Usage notes

Commonly denotes recent borrowings from Castilian into Catalan (castellanismes), such as algo (for quelcom, res or alguna cosa), carinyo (for afecte), or después (for després).

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin barbarismus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barbarisme m (plural barbarismes)

1. barbarism

Further reading

• “barbarisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.