"barba" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbar.ba/ Forms: barbe [plural], barbétta [diminutive, error-unknown-tag], barbettìna [diminutive, error-unknown-tag], barbóna [augmentative, error-unknown-tag], barbóne m (“beard”) [augmentative, common], barbàccia [error-unknown-tag, pejorative], barbùccia [derogatory, error-unknown-tag]
Rhymes: -arba Etymology: From Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|barba}} Latin barba, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*farβā}} Proto-Italic *farβā, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*bʰardʰeh₂||beard}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f|aug=barbóna<t:beard>,barbóne<q:more common><g:m><t:beard>|derog=barbùccia<t:beard>|dim=barbétta<t:beard>,barbettìna<t:beard>;barbìna<t:beard>,barbìno<q:more common><g:m><t:beard>;barbicèlla<t:root>,barbicìna<t:root>,barbolìna<t:root>|pej=barbàccia<t:beard>}} barba f (plural barbe, diminutive barbétta (“beard”) or barbettìna (“beard”); barbìna (“beard”) or (more common) barbìno m (“beard”); barbicèlla (“root”) or barbicìna (“root”) or barbolìna (“root”), augmentative barbóna (“beard”) or (more common) barbóne m (“beard”), pejorative barbàccia (“beard”), derogatory barbùccia (“beard”))
  1. beard Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barba-it-noun-lBGSq7CG
  2. (botany) root, rootlet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barba-it-noun-VRQ8BIgi Categories (other): Botany, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 37 6 4 Disambiguation of Italian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 45 41 7 5 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 46 40 10 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (zoology) barb Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-barba-it-noun-cfzkQzM3 Categories (other): Zoology, Italian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Italian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 45 41 7 5 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 46 40 10 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with irregular gender: 11 23 36 16 14 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  4. (colloquial) bore, drag, yawn (an event or action which is boring) Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-barba-it-noun-lUvfkBvL Categories (other): Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 46 40 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barbabietola, Barbarossa, barbone, barboso, barbuto Related terms: imberbe, baffi [masculine, plural]
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈbar.ba/ Forms: barbi [plural]
Rhymes: -arba Etymology: From Medieval Latin barbās, from barba (“the beard”), from the fact that a beard represents a grown man. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la-med|barbās}} Medieval Latin barbās Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} barba m (plural barbi)
  1. (northern Italy, Switzerland) uncle, protestant priest Tags: Italy, Northern, Switzerland, masculine Synonyms: zio
    Sense id: en-barba-it-noun-9RoANX6E Categories (other): Northern Italian, Swiss Italian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Italian",
        "Swiss Italian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncle, protestant priest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ],
        [
          "protestant priest",
          "protestant priest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(northern Italy, Switzerland) uncle, protestant priest"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Italy",
        "Northern",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbar.ba/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-arba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "barba"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: barbìna (“beard”) or (more common) barbìno m (“beard”)",
  "path": [
    "barba"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "barba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: barbicèlla (“root”) or barbicìna (“root”) or barbolìna (“root”)",
  "path": [
    "barba"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "barba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ('augmentative',): 'barbóne m (“beard”)' in 'barba f (plural barbe, diminutive barbétta (“beard”) or barbettìna (“beard”); barbìna (“beard”) or (more common) barbìno m (“beard”); barbicèlla (“root”) or barbicìna (“root”) or barbolìna (“root”), augmentative barbóna (“beard”) or (more common) barbóne m (“beard”), pejorative barbàccia (“beard”), derogatory barbùccia (“beard”))'",
  "path": [
    "barba"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "barba",
  "trace": ""
}

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