bagarre

See also: bagarré

French

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Middle French bagarot (“noise, tumult, contention, strife”) and Provençal bagarro (“brawl”), possibly from Basque batzarre (“meeting, assembly”). Compare also Old Norse bágr (“resistance, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaʁ/ ~ /ba.ɡɑʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bagarre f (plural bagarres)

1. brawl, fight
   • 1968, “Avant la bagarre”, performed by France Gall:

     Avant la bagarre / Réfléchis bien / Car il est bien plus grand que toi

     Before the fight / Think about it / Because he's much bigger than you

Descendants

• → Italian: bagarre

Further reading

• “bagarre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• barrage

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bagarre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

bagarre f (invariable)

1. heated discussion, row
2. turmoil, bustle

   Synonyms: tafferuglio, trambusto, tumulto

3. (cycling) decisive leg of a cycling race

Further reading

• bagarre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• garbare, garberà