barbarisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barbarisme m (plural barbarismes)

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

   Hyponym: castellanisme

   Coordinate term: modisme

Usage notes

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin barbarismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.ba.ʁism/ ~ /baʁ.ba.ʁizm/

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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