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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Proper noun

Berber

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

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  • 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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Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.bər/
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ber

Noun

Berber m (plural Berbers)

  1. Berber, Berber person

Derived terms

Proper noun

Berber n

  1. Berber, Berber languages

German

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Noun

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

  1. Berber person

Declension
Declension of Berber
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Berber die Berber
genitive eines des Berbers der Berber
dative einem dem Berber den Berbern
accusative einen den Berber die Berber

Proper noun

Berber m or 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)

Declension
Declension of Berber
singular plural
nominative Berber Berberi
genitive Berbera Berbera
dative Berberu Berberima
accusative Berbera Berbere
vocative Berberu Berberi
locative Berberu Berberima
instrumental Berberom Berberima

Derived terms
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