World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbizarre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bi-zar
"C'est une situation vraiment bizarre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Strikingly out of the ordinary; strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance.
"The surrealist artist created a bizarre sculpture made entirely of recycled clocks and rusted metal." - 2
So out of the ordinary as to cause bewilderment or disbelief.
"We woke up to the bizarre sight of a wandering penguin in the middle of the desert."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word bizarre, which originally meant 'angry' or 'furious' in sixteenth-century usage, possibly influenced by the Basque word bizar meaning 'beard'. Over centuries through Italian and Spanish semantic shifts, it evolved to mean odd, eccentric, or strikingly unconventional in appearance or style.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bizarre" is said worldwide
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bizarre
Transliteration: bi-zar
"C'est une situation vraiment bizarre."
bizarr
Transliteration: bi-tsar
"Er hatte eine bizarr anmutende Idee."
bizzarro
Transliteration: bit-tzar-ro
"Ho fatto un sogno molto bizzarro stanotte."
bizarro
Transliteration: bi-sa-ro
"La película tiene un argumento bastante bizarro."
bizarro
Transliteration: bi-za-ru
"Aquele comportamento foi completamente bizarro."
अद्भुत
Transliteration: adbhut
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह एक अत्यंत विचित्र घटना थी।"
古怪
Transliteration: gǔ guài
Script: 中文汉字
"他今天穿了一件很古怪的衣服。"
기괴한
Transliteration: gigoehan
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 영화의 결말은 정말 기괴했다."
奇妙な
Transliteration: kimyō na
Script: 日本語
"彼は街で奇妙な光景を目撃した。"
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