bagarre
See also: bagarré
French
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Middle French bagarot (“noise, tumult, contention, strife”) and Provençal bagarro (“brawl”), possibly from Basque batzarre (“meeting, assembly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ɡaʁ/, /ba.ɡɑʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bagarre f (plural bagarres)
- brawl, fight
- 1968, “Avant la bagarre”, performed by France Gall:
- Avant la bagarre / Réfléchis bien / Car il est bien plus grand que toi
- Before the fight / Think about it / Because he's much bigger than you
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Descendants
- → Italian: bagarre
Further reading
- “bagarre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- barrage
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French bagarre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈɡar/[1]
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
bagarre f (invariable)
- heated discussion, row
- turmoil, bustle
- Synonyms: tafferuglio, trambusto, tumulto
- (cycling) decisive leg of a cycling race
References
- bagarre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- bagarre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- garbare, garberà