barbara
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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]
- barbara: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]
- barbara: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]
- barbarā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.raː/, [ˈbärbäräː]
- barbarā: (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 |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ||
Genitive | ||
Dative | ||
Accusative | ||
Ablative | ||
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 |
---|---|---|
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
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