different between bizarre vs oddball
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:
oddball
English
Etymology
Compound of odd +? ball. Attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???d?b?l/
Noun
oddball (plural oddballs)
- An eccentric or unusual person.
- (neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
Synonyms
- (eccentric or unusual person): kook, odd duck, strange fish, queer fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
Translations
Adjective
oddball (not comparable)
- Exotic, not mainstream.
Translations
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