barbara

See also: Barbara, bárbara, barbará, barbára, Barbára, barbarà, and Bárbara

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
• Rhymes: -arbara
• Hyphenation: bàr‧ba‧ra

Noun

barbara f (plural barbare)

1. female equivalent of barbaro

Adjective

barbara f sg

1. feminine singular of barbaro

Anagrams

• abbarra

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.ba.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.ba.ra]

Etymology 1

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Noun

barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension

1. a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman

   Synonym: inverēcunda

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	barbara	barbarae
genitive	barbarae	barbarārum
dative	barbarae	barbarīs
accusative	barbaram	barbarās
ablative	barbarā	barbarīs
vocative	barbara	barbarae

Adjective

barbara

1. inflection of barbarus:
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

Adjective

barbarā

1. ablative singular feminine of barbarus

References

• “barbăra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "1. BARBARA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).

Noun

barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension

1. (medicine) a kind of plaster

   Synonym: barbarum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	barbara	barbarae
genitive	barbarae	barbarārum
dative	barbarae	barbarīs
accusative	barbaram	barbarās
ablative	barbarā	barbarīs
vocative	barbara	barbarae

References

• “barbăra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 207/2.
• “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• bambara
• banbara

Etymology

From Mandinka Bambara. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Semantics?”

Noun

barbara

1. sea slug
2. sea cucumber
3. (vulgar) penis

References

• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 172

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbaɾa/ [baɾˈβ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: bar‧ba‧ra

Etymology 1

Adjective

barbara f

1. feminine singular of barbaro

Etymology 2

Verb

barbara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of barbar