barbare
French, adjective/baʁ.baʁ/
barbare is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-E (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbare is a French adjective meaning “barbarian (uncivilized)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les peuples non gréco-romains”.
What does barbare mean in English?
adjective
- 1
barbarian (uncivilized)
- 2
horrible, awful (e.g., a type of music that one dislikes or a word or name that does not sound euphonious or is difficult to pronounce)
- 3
Berber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les peuples non gréco-romains. 2. Qualifie le peuple berbère, issu de la Côte barbaresque. 3. Qui est très violent. 4. Se dit des mots et des tours du langage contraires à l’usage ou à l’analogie.
noun: 1. Individu n’appartenant pas à la civilisation grecque, puis, après l’essor de l’empire romain, à la sphère culturelle gréco-romaine. 2. Individu appartenant aux peuples germaniques qui envahirent l’Empire romain et tout envahisseur en général, lors des grandes migrations entre les IVᵉ et VIIᵉ siècles. 3. Individu ou groupe social considéré comme cruel, inhumain, violent. 4. Homme non éduqué, trop rustre pour apprécier les beautés de la nature ou de l’art.
noun: 1. Variante de barbare
adjective: 1. Variante de barbare
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barbare
- barbares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbare?
- /baʁ.baʁ/
- \baʁ.baʁ\
- [baʁ.baʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbare in French?
barbare appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).