barbarian

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

Noun

1. A non-Greek or a non-Roman citizen.
2. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence or other such shows of brute strength and lack of mental faculty.
3. A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
4. Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
5. A warrior depicted in sword and sorcery and other fantasy stories; typically clad in primitive furs or leather and favoring brute strength while often possessing a bellicose temperament and disdain for laws.
6. A cruel, savage, inhumane, brutal, violently aggressive person, particularly one who is unintelligent or dim-witted; one without pity or empathy.
7. A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.

Concepts

barbare

sauvage

brute

arborigène

incivilisé

bâtard

mufle

pignouf

rustre

primitif

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɑː(ɹ).ˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).

Phrases

They provided warnings about thieves and barbarian tribes .

Ils ont fourni des avertissements sur les voleurs et les tribus barbares.