barbaric

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikos, “foreign, strange”)

Adjective

barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)

1. Of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilised, uncultured or uncouth.

   Eating baby seals alive is barbaric.

Antonyms

• nonbarbaric

Translations

uncivilised

• Bulgarian: варварски (bg) (várvarski), див (bg) (div)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: barbarský
• Finnish: raakalaismainen, barbaarinen
• French: barbare (fr)

• German: barbarisch (de)
• Hungarian: barbár (hu)
• Japanese: 野蛮な (ja) (やばんな, yaban-na)
• Korean: 야만의 (ko) (yaman-ui) (野蠻 (ko) + 의 (ko) (ui))
• Russian: варварский (ru) (várvarskij), дикий (ru) (díkij)
• Spanish: barbárico, bárbaro (es)
• Vietnamese: dã man (vi) (野蠻)