barba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "barba"

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾba/
• Syllabification: bar‧ba
• Rhymes: -aɾba

Noun

barba f (plural barbas)

1. beard

References

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “barba”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾba/ [ˈbaɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾba
• Syllabification: bar‧ba

Noun

barba f (plural barbes)

1. chin
2. beard
3. baleen

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “barba”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “barba”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbar.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaɾ.ba]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).

Noun

barba f (plural barbes)

1. chin

   Synonyms: mentó, barbó, barbeta

2. beard

Derived terms

• barba-reveixí
• barba-roig
• barba-ros
• barba-serrat
• barbablanc
• barbabrut
• barbaclar
• barbacoll
• barbada
• barbaespès
• barbaflorit
• barbafort
• barbafresc
• barbagrís
• barballa
• barbamec
• barbanegre
• barbapunyent
• barbat
• barber
• barbeta
• barbut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barba

1. inflection of barbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “barba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “barba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “barba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan barba (“paternal uncle”), from Medieval Latin barbās (“paternal uncle”).

Noun

barba m (plural barben)

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) uncle

   De barben zeint zobia béetare. ― Uncles are like fathers.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “barba” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Corsican

Alternative forms

• berba

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Noun

barba f (plural barbe)

1. beard

References

• “barba” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Emilian

Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia has an article on:

barba

Wikipedia ^eml

Alternative forms

• bärba (Parmigiano)
• berba (Carpigiano)
• bèrba (Bolognese)

Etymology

From Latin barba.

Noun

barba f (plural barbi)

1. (Mirandola) beard

Esperanto

Etymology

From barbo (“beard”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arba
• Hyphenation: bar‧ba

Adjective

barba (accusative singular barban, plural barbaj, accusative plural barbajn)

1. of or related to beards
2. having a beard, beardy (of people)

   Synonym: barbhava

Related terms

• barbo (“beard”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

barba

1. third-person singular past historic of barber

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barba, from Latin barba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂, possibly from *bʰers-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾba/ [ˈbaɾ.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾba
• Hyphenation: bar‧ba

Noun

barba f (plural barbas)

1. beard
2. chin

   Synonym: barbadela

3. (ornithology) barb (of a feather)

Further reading

• “barba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Noun

barba (plural barbas)

1. beard

Related terms

• barbero