Berber

See also: berber

English

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ‎ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)

Noun

Berber (plural Berbers)

  1. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

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Berber

  1. A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.

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See also

  • Category:English terms derived from Berber languages

Adjective

Berber (not comparable)

  1. Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.

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German

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Noun

Berber m (genitive Berbers, plural Berber, feminine Berberin)

  1. Berber person

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Proper noun

Berber m, f (genitive Berbers)

  1. A surname​.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běrber/
  • Hyphenation: ber‧ber

Noun

Bèrber m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрбер)

  1. Berber (member of the Berber ethnic group)

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