From Middle English barbarian, borrowed from Medieval Latin barbarinus (“Berber, pagan, foreigner”), from Latin barbaria (“foreign country”), from barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, non-Greek, strange”), possibly onomatopoeic (mimicking foreign languages, akin to English blah blah). Cognate to Sanskrit बर्बर (barbara, “barbarian, non-Aryan, stammering, blockhead”).
barbarian (not comparable)
- Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
uncivilized
- Albanian: i barbar (sq), i paqytetëruar (sq)
- Arabic: هَمَجِيّ (hamajiyy), مُتَوَحِّش (ar) (mutawaḥḥiš)
- Armenian: բարբարոսական (hy) (barbarosakan)
- Azerbaijani: barbar, vəhşi (az)
- Belarusian: ва́рварскі (várvarski), ба́рбарскі (bárbarski), барбары́нскі (barbarýnski), дзі́кі (dzíki), дзіку́нскі (dzikúnski)
- Bulgarian: ва́рварски (bg) (várvarski), див (bg) (div)
- Catalan: bàrbar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 野蠻/野蛮 (zh) (yěmán), 不文明 (bù wénmíng), 胡 (zh) (hú)
- Czech: barbarský (cs)
- Danish: barbarisk
- Dutch: barbaars (nl)
- Estonian: barbaarne
- Finnish: barbaarinen (fi), barbaarimainen (fi)
- French: barbare (fr)
- Galician: bárbaro
- Georgian: ბარბაროსი (barbarosi)
- German: barbarisch (de)
- Greek: βάρβαρος (el) (várvaros), βαρβαρικός (el) (varvarikós)
- Ancient: βαρβαρικός (barbarikós)
- Hebrew: בַּרְבָּרִי (he) (barbári)
- Hungarian: barbár (hu)
- Icelandic: barbarískur, villimannslegur
- Italian: barbaro (it) m
- Japanese: 野蛮な (ja) (やばんな, yaban na)
- Kazakh: варвар (varvar), варварлық (varvarlyq)
- Kyrgyz: варвар (ky) (varvar)
- Latvian: barbarisks
- Lithuanian: barbariškas
- Macedonian: варварски (varvarski)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: barbarisk
- Nynorsk: barbarisk
- Persian: وحشیانه (fa) (vahšiyâne), وحشی (fa) (vahši), بربری (fa) (barbari)
- Polish: barbarzyński (pl)
- Portuguese: bárbaro (pt)
- Romanian: barbar (ro)
- Russian: ва́рварский (ru) (várvarskij), ди́кий (ru) (díkij)
- Sanskrit: बर्बर (sa) (barbara)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ба̀рбарскӣ, ва̀рварскӣ, дѝвља̄чкӣ
- Roman: bàrbarskī (sh), vàrvarskī (sh), dìvljāčkī (sh)
- Slovak: barbarský
- Slovene: barbarski (sl)
- Sogdian: ܒܪܒܪܥܝܩ (βarβarīk)
- Spanish: bárbaro (es)
- Swahili: shenzi
- Swedish: barbarisk (sv)
- Tajik: ваҳшиёна (vahšiyona), ваҳшӣ (tg) (vahši), барбарӣ (barbari)
- Turkish: barbar (tr)
- Ukrainian: ва́рварський (uk) (várvarsʹkyj), ди́кий (dýkyj), дику́нський (dykúnsʹkyj)
- Uzbek: vahshiyona (uz), vahshiy (uz)
- Vietnamese: dã man (vi) (野蠻)
- Zazaki: barbar
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barbarian (plural barbarians)
- (historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman citizen.
- An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
- (derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
1725, Anthony Blackwall, The Sacred Classics Defended And Illustrated:Shall a noble writer, and an inspired noble writer, be called a solecist, and barbarian, for giving a new turn to a word so agreeable to the analogy and genius of the Greek tongue?
- (derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
- A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
- A cruel, savage, inhumane, brutal person; one without pity or empathy.
- (derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.
a non-Greek or a non-Roman
uncivilized person
- Afrikaans: barbaar
- Albanian: barbar (sq) m
- Arabic: هَمَجِيّ m (hamajiyy), بَرْبَرِيّ m (barbariyy)
- Armenian: բարբարոս (hy) (barbaros)
- Azerbaijani: barbar
- Belarusian: ва́рвар m (várvar), ва́рварка f (várvarka), ба́рбар m (bárbar), ба́рбарка f (bárbarka), дзіку́н m (dzikún), дзіку́нка f (dzikúnka)
- Bulgarian: ва́рварин (bg) m (várvarin), ва́рварка f (várvarka), дива́к (bg) m (divák), дива́чка f (diváčka)
- Catalan: bàrbar (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 野蠻人/野蛮人 (zh) (yěmánrén), 番子 (zh) (fānzi), 蠻人/蛮人 (zh) (mánrén), 夷 (zh) (yí)
- Czech: barbar (cs) m, barbarka f
- Danish: barbar (da) c
- Dutch: barbaar (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: barbaro (eo)
- Estonian: barbar (et)
- Finnish: barbaari (fi), raakalainen (fi)
- French: barbare (fr) m or f
- Galician: bárbaro m, bárbara f
- Georgian: ბარბაროსი (barbarosi)
- German: Barbar (de) m, Barbarin f
- Greek: βάρβαρος (el) m (várvaros)
- Ancient: βάρβαρος m (bárbaros)
- Hindi: बर्बर (hi) m (barbar)
- Hungarian: barbár (hu)
- Icelandic: barbari m
- Irish: barbarach m
- Italian: barbaro (it) m, barbara (it) f
- Japanese: 野蛮 (ja) (やばん, yaban), 野蛮人 (ja) (やばんじん, yabanjin), 蛮人 (ja) (ばんじん, banjin), 夷人 (いじん, ijin)
- Kazakh: варвар (varvar)
- Korean: 야만인(野蠻人) (ko) (yamanin) (in a modern or Western sense), 오랑캐 (ko) (orangkae) (in traditional East Asian contexts)
- Kyrgyz: варвар (ky) (varvar)
- Latin: barbarus (la) m, barbara f
- Latvian: barbars m
- Lithuanian: barbaras m
- Macedonian: варвар m (varvar), варварин m (varvarin), варварка f (varvarka)
- Norman: barbare m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: barbar m
- Nynorsk: barbar m
- Persian: بربر (fa) (barbar)
- Polish: barbarzyńca (pl) m, barbarzynka (pl) f
- Portuguese: bárbaro (pt) m, bárbara (pt) f
- Romanian: barbar (ro) m, barbară f, varvar m, varvară f
- Russian: ва́рвар (ru) m (várvar), ва́рварка (ru) f (várvarka), дика́рь (ru) m (dikárʹ), дика́рка (ru) f (dikárka)
- Sanskrit: बर्बर (sa) m (barbara), म्लेच्छ (sa) m (mleccha), दस्यु (sa) m (dasyu)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ба̀рбар m, ба̏рбарин m, ба̀рба̄рка f, варвар m, варварин m, варварка f, дѝвља̄к m, дивља̀киња f, дивља̀куша f
- Roman: bàrbar (sh) m, bȁrbarin m, bàrbārka (sh) f, varvar m, varvarin (sh) m, varvarka f, dìvljāk (sh) m, divljàkinja (sh) f, divljàkuša (sh) f
- Slovak: barbar (sk) m, barbarka (sk) f
- Slovene: barbar (sl) m, barbarka f
- Spanish: bárbaro (es) m, bárbara (es) f
- Swahili: mshenzi
- Swedish: barbar (sv) c
- Tajik: барбар (barbar)
- Turkish: barbar (tr)
- Ukrainian: ва́рвар m (várvar), ва́рварка f (várvarka), дику́н m (dykún), дику́нка f (dykúnka)
- Uzbek: barbar (uz), varvar (uz)
- Vietnamese: mọi (vi), rợ (vi)
- Welsh: barbariad m, anwariad m
- Yiddish: באַרבאַר m (barbar)
- Zazaki: barbar
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derogatory term for someone from a developing country
- Armenian: բարբարոս (hy) (barbaros)
- Bulgarian: дива́к (bg) m (divák), дива́чка f (diváčka)
- Catalan: bàrbar (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 落後的人/落后的人 (luòhòu de rén) (no equivalent exists)
- Dutch: barbaar (nl) m or f, primitieveling m, wilde (nl) m or f
- Finnish: mutiainen (fi)
- French: barbare (fr) m or f
- German: Barbar (de) m
- Greek: βάρβαρος (el) m (várvaros), απολίτιστος (el) m (apolítistos)
- Hungarian: barbár (hu)
- Polish: barbarzyńca (pl) m
- Portuguese: bárbaro (pt) m
- Russian: ва́рвар (ru) m (várvar), ва́рварка (ru) f (várvarka), дика́рь (ru) m (dikárʹ), дика́рка (ru) f (dikárka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ба̀рбар m, ба̀рба̄рка f, дѝвља̄к m, дивља̀киња f, дивља̀куша f
- Roman: bàrbar (sh) m, bàrbārka (sh) f, dìvljāk (sh) m, divljàkinja (sh) f, divljàkuša (sh) f
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: barbar (tr)
- Ukrainian: селю́к m (seljúk) (literally "village dweller"), село́ (uk) n (seló) (collective, literally "village")
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warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories
a cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity
Translations to be checked