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barba.

beard

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbar.ba/
  1. beard

    feminine
  2. root, rootlet

    feminine
  3. barb

    feminine
  4. bore, drag, yawn (an event or action which is boring)

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Latin barba, from Proto-Italic *farðā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).

noun/ˈbar.ba/
  1. uncle, protestant priest

    Italy · Northern · Switzerland · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin barbās, from barba (“the beard”), from the fact that a beard represents a grown man.

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