barbaric

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/, /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbɛɹɪk/

Adjective

barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)

1. of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

   Killing doctors is barbaric.

   Antonym: nonbarbaric

Translations

uncivilised

• Arabic: هَمَجِيّ‎ (hamajiyy)
• Bulgarian: ва́рварски (bg) (várvarski), див (bg) (div)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野蠻 (zh), 野蛮 (zh) (yěmán), 殘暴 (zh), 残暴 (zh) (cánbào), 粗野 (zh) (cūyě)

• Czech: barbarský (cs)
• Danish: barbarisk
• Finnish: raakalaismainen, barbaarinen (fi)
• French: barbare (fr)
• Galician: bárbaro m
• German: barbarisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαρβαρικός (barbarikós)

• Hungarian: barbár (hu)

• Interlingue: barbaric
• Italian: barbarico (it), barbaro (it)
• Japanese: 野蛮な (ja) (やばんな, yaban na)
• Korean: 야만의 (ko) (yaman-ui) (野蠻 (ko) + 의 (ko) (ui))
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barbarisk

  Nynorsk: barbarisk

• Portuguese: bárbaro (pt)
• Russian: ва́рварский (ru) (várvarskij), ди́кий (ru) (díkij)
• Spanish: barbárico (es), bárbaro (es)
• Swedish: barbarisk (sv)
• Vietnamese: dã man (vi) (野蠻)