There is in all barbarian communities a profound sense of the disparity between man's and woman's work.
Source: tatoeba (425465)
Barbarian
//bɑɹˈbɛəɹ.i.ən//
Synonyms for "barbarian" (139 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
man-eatermercilessneanderthalnihilistnoncivilizedoafoafishoutlandoutlanderoutlandishoutlawoutsideoutsiderpaganpeasantphilistineprimitivepunkrefugeerough
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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266 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- barbaar noun (uncivilized person)
Albanian
3 entries- i barbar adj (uncivilized)
- i paqytetëruar adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- βαρβαρικός adj (uncivilized)
- βάρβαρος noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
- βάρβαρος noun (uncivilized person)
Arabic
4 entries- مُتَوَحِّش adj (uncivilized)
- هَمَجِيّ adj (uncivilized)
- بَرْبَرِيّ noun (uncivilized person)
- هَمَجِيّ noun (uncivilized person)
Armenian
3 entries- բարբարոսական adj (uncivilized)
- բարբարոս noun (uncivilized person)
- բարբարոս noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- barbar adj (uncivilized)
- vəhşi adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Belarusian
4 entries- ба́рбарскі adj (uncivilized)
- барбары́нскі adj (uncivilized)
- ва́рварскі adj (uncivilized)
- дзі́кі adj (uncivilized)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ва́рварски adj (uncivilized)
- див adj (uncivilized)
- ва́рварин noun (uncivilized person)
- ва́рварка noun (uncivilized person)
Catalan
4 entries- bàrbar adj (uncivilized)
- bàrbar noun (uncivilized person)
- bàrbar noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- bàrbar noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不文明 adj (uncivilized)
- 胡 adj (uncivilized)
- 野蠻 /野蛮 adj (uncivilized)
- 夷 noun (uncivilized person)
Czech
3 entries- barbarský adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarka noun (uncivilized person)
Danish
2 entries- barbarisk adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Dutch
4 entries- barbaars adj (uncivilized)
- barbaar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbaar noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- barbaar noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Esperanto
1 entries- barbaro noun (uncivilized person)
Estonian
2 entries- barbaarne adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Finnish
4 entries- barbaarimainen adj (uncivilized)
- barbaarinen adj (uncivilized)
- barbaari noun (uncivilized person)
- barbaari noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
French
4 entries- barbare adj (uncivilized)
- barbare noun (uncivilized person)
- barbare noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- barbare noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Galician
4 entries- bárbaro adj (uncivilized)
- bárbara noun (uncivilized person)
- bárbaro noun (uncivilized person)
- bárbaro noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Georgian
2 entries- ბარბაროსი adj (uncivilized)
- ბარბაროსი noun (uncivilized person)
German
4 entries- barbarisch adj (uncivilized)
- Barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- Barbar noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- Barbar noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Greek
4 entries- βάρβαρος adj (uncivilized)
- βαρβαρικός adj (uncivilized)
- απολίτιστος noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- βάρβαρος noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּרְבָּרִי adj (uncivilized)
Hindi
1 entries- बर्बर noun (uncivilized person)
Hungarian
3 entries- barbár adj (uncivilized)
- barbár noun (uncivilized person)
- barbár noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
Icelandic
3 entries- barbarískur adj (uncivilized)
- villimannslegur adj (uncivilized)
- barbari noun (uncivilized person)
Irish
1 entries- barbarach noun (uncivilized person)
Italian
3 entries- barbaro adj (uncivilized)
- barbara noun (uncivilized person)
- barbaro noun (uncivilized person)
Japanese
4 entries- 野蛮な adj (uncivilized)
- 夷人 noun (uncivilized person)
- 蛮人 noun (uncivilized person)
- 野蛮 noun (uncivilized person)
Kazakh
3 entries- варвар adj (uncivilized)
- варварлық adj (uncivilized)
- варвар noun (uncivilized person)
Korean
2 entries- 야만인 noun (uncivilized person)
- 오랑캐 noun (uncivilized person)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- варвар adj (uncivilized)
- варвар noun (uncivilized person)
Lao
1 entries- ອະນາລະຍະຊົນ noun (uncivilized person)
Latin
2 entries- barbara noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarus noun (uncivilized person)
Latvian
2 entries- barbarisks adj (uncivilized)
- barbars noun (uncivilized person)
Lithuanian
2 entries- barbariškas adj (uncivilized)
- barbaras noun (uncivilized person)
Macedonian
4 entries- варварски adj (uncivilized)
- варвар noun (uncivilized person)
- варварин noun (uncivilized person)
- варварка noun (uncivilized person)
Mycenaean Greek
1 entries- 𐀞𐀞𐀫 noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
Māori
3 entries- moho(w)ao adj (uncivilized)
- moho(w)ao noun (uncivilized person)
- paweriana noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
Norman
1 entries- barbare noun (uncivilized person)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- barbarisk adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- barbarisk adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
Persian
4 entries- بربری adj (uncivilized)
- وحشی adj (uncivilized)
- وحشیانه adj (uncivilized)
- بربر noun (uncivilized person)
Polish
4 entries- barbarzyński adj (uncivilized)
- barbarzynka noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarzyńca noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
- barbarzyńca noun (uncivilized person)
Portuguese
4 entries- bárbaro adj (uncivilized)
- bárbara noun (uncivilized person)
- bárbaro noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
- bárbaro noun (uncivilized person)
Romanian
4 entries- barbar adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbară noun (uncivilized person)
- varvar noun (uncivilized person)
Russian
4 entries- ва́рварский adj (uncivilized)
- ди́кий adj (uncivilized)
- ва́рвар noun (uncivilized person)
- ва́рвар noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
Sanskrit
4 entries- बर्बर adj (uncivilized)
- दस्यु noun (uncivilized person)
- बर्बर noun (uncivilized person)
- म्लेच्छ noun (uncivilized person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bàrbarskī adj (uncivilized)
- dìvljāčkī adj (uncivilized)
- vàrvarskī adj (uncivilized)
- ба̀рбарскӣ adj (uncivilized)
Slovak
3 entries- barbarský adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarka noun (uncivilized person)
Slovene
3 entries- barbarski adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarka noun (uncivilized person)
Sogdian
1 entries- ܒܪܒܪܥܝܩ adj (uncivilized)
Spanish
3 entries- bárbaro adj (uncivilized)
- bárbara noun (uncivilized person)
- bárbaro noun (uncivilized person)
Swahili
2 entries- shenzi adj (uncivilized)
- mshenzi noun (uncivilized person)
Swedish
3 entries- barbarisk adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbar noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Tajik
4 entries- барбарӣ adj (uncivilized)
- ваҳшиёна adj (uncivilized)
- ваҳшӣ adj (uncivilized)
- барбар noun (uncivilized person)
Thai
1 entries- อนารยชน noun (uncivilized person)
Turkish
4 entries- barbar adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbar noun (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
- barbar noun (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ва́рварський adj (uncivilized)
- ди́кий adj (uncivilized)
- дику́нський adj (uncivilized)
- ва́рвар noun (a non-Greek or a non-Roman)
Uzbek
4 entries- vahshiy adj (uncivilized)
- vahshiyona adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- varvar noun (uncivilized person)
Vietnamese
3 entries- dã man adj (uncivilized)
- mọi noun (uncivilized person)
- rợ noun (uncivilized person)
Welsh
2 entries- anwariad noun (uncivilized person)
- barbariad noun (uncivilized person)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַרבאַר noun (uncivilized person)
Zazaki
3 entries- barbar adj (uncivilized)
- barbar noun (uncivilized person)
- barbarin noun (a cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity)
Sample sentences
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The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies.
Source: tatoeba (425482)
The barbarian is, first and foremost, the man who believes in barbarianism.
Source: tatoeba (679958)
My level 9 barbarian has died.
Source: tatoeba (910645)
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