bizarre

(Engels)

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”). Either from Basque bizar (“a beard”) (the notion being that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French), or from Italian bizzarro.

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