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bizarre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre, formerly headlong, angry”). Either from Basque bizar (“a beard”) (the notion being that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French), or from Italian bizzarro.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??z??(?)/, /b??z??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??z??/, /b??z??/
- Homophone: bazaar (weak vowel merger)
Adjective
bizarre (comparative more bizarre or bizarrer, superlative most bizarre or bizarrest)
- strangely unconventional in style or appearance.
Usage notes
- The compared forms with more and most are predominant. The alternative superlative bizarrest is fairly common, whereas the comparative bizarrer is very rare.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:strange
Translations
Further reading
- bizarre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- bizarre in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Brazier, brazier
Danish
Adjective
bizarre
- definite of bizar
- plural of bizar
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
bizarre
- Inflected form of bizar
French
Etymology
From Italian bizzarro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.za?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Adjective
bizarre (plural bizarres)
- bizarre, odd
- Comme c'est bizarre !
- peculiar, quaint
Synonyms
- baroque
- étrange
- original
- singulier
Related terms
- bizarrement
- bizarrerie
Further reading
- “bizarre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- barriez
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
bizarre
- inflection of bizarr:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
Adjective
bizarre (comparative plus bizarre, superlative le plus bizarre)
- bizarre
bizarre From the web:
erratic
English
Alternative forms
- erratick, erraticke, erratique (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin erraticus; compare Old French erratique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???æt?k/
- Rhymes: -æt?k
Adjective
erratic (comparative more erratic, superlative most erratic)
- unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
- Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.
- erratic conduct
Antonyms
- consistent
Derived terms
- erratical
- erratically
- erraticness
Translations
Noun
erratic (plural erratics)
- (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 372:
- The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 372:
- Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Synonyms
- (glaciers): dropstone
Translations
Anagrams
- Cartier, cartier, cirrate, rice rat
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