barbara

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

English

Etymology

From the name Barbara; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːb(ə)ɹə/
Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ra

Noun

barbara (plural barbaras)

(logic) A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barbara f (plural barbare)

female equivalent of barbaro

Adjective

barbara f sg

feminine singular of barbaro

Anagrams

abbarra

Latin

Pronunciation

barbara: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]

barbara: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]
- Homophone: Barbara
barbarā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.raː/, [ˈbärbäräː]

barbarā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/, [ˈbärbärä]

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

a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman
Synonym: inverēcunda

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barbara	barbarae
Genitive	barbarae	barbarārum
Dative	barbarae	barbarīs
Accusative	barbaram	barbarās
Ablative	barbarā	barbarīs
Vocative	barbara	barbarae

Adjective

barbara

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

Adjective

barbarā

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’s 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

(medicine) a kind of plaster
Synonym: barbarum

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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)

Spanish

Verb

barbara

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of barbar