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 === (General American) (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /bəˈzɑɹ/ (weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /bɪˈzɑɹ/ (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/, /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/ Homophone: bazaar (weak vowel merger) === Adjective === bizarre (comparative more bizarre or bizarrer, superlative most bizarre or bizarrest) Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way. ==== Usage notes ==== The comparative and superlative 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bizarre (plural bizarres) (horticulture) Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours. A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals. A tulip with a certain pattern of various colored stripes. === Further reading === “bizarre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bizarre”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Brazier, brazier == Danish == === Adjective === bizarre definite of bizar plural of bizar == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === bizarre inflection of bizar: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bizzarro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.zaʁ/ Rhymes: -aʁ === Adjective === bizarre (plural bizarres) bizarre, odd, strange, funny peculiar, quaint ==== Usage notes ==== Bizarre can mean "bizarre" but it is also used for strange situations that are less extreme than would be connoted by "bizarre" in English. ==== Synonyms ==== baroque étrange original singulier ==== Related terms ==== bizarrement bizarrerie ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “bizarre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === 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