barbarismus

Latin

Etymology

From barbarus +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bar.baˈris.mus/, [bärbäˈrɪs̠mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bar.baˈris.mus/, [bärbäˈrizmus]

Noun

barbarismus m (genitive barbarismī); second declension

1. barbarism (error in language)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barbarismus	barbarismī
Genitive	barbarismī	barbarismōrum
Dative	barbarismō	barbarismīs
Accusative	barbarismum	barbarismōs
Ablative	barbarismō	barbarismīs
Vocative	barbarisme	barbarismī

Descendants

• English: barbarism
• French: barbarisme
• Italian: barbarismo
• Portuguese: barbarismo
• Spanish: barbarismo

See also

• soloecismus

References

• “barbarismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• barbarismus 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)
• barbarismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.