barbarie

See also: Barbarie and barbárie

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin barbaria or barbaries. By surface analysis, barbare +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.ba.ʁi/

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Noun

barbarie f (plural barbaries)

1. (countable and uncountable) barbarity, savagery

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin barbariem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈba.rje/
• Rhymes: -arje
• Hyphenation: bar‧bà‧rie

Noun

barbarie f (invariable)

1. barbarism
2. barbarity

Derived terms

• semibarbarie

Related terms

• barbarico
• barbaro

Anagrams

• Barberia, barberia

Middle French

Noun

barbarie f (plural barbaries)

1. (countable and uncountable) barbarity

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros)bor.

Latin barbarus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin barbaria

French barbariebor.

Romanian barbarie

Borrowed from French barbarie, from Latin barbaria.

Noun

barbarie f (plural barbarii)

1. barbarity

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	barbarie	barbaria	barbarii	barbariile
genitive-dative	barbarii	barbariei	barbarii	barbariilor
vocative	barbarie, barbario		barbariilor

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin barbariem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbaɾje/ [baɾˈβ̞a.ɾje]
• Rhymes: -aɾje
• Syllabification: bar‧ba‧rie

Noun

barbarie f (plural barbaries)

1. barbarity

Further reading

• “barbarie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025