bestiari

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bēstiārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəs.tiˈa.ɾi]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [bes.tiˈa.ɾi]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾi

Noun

bestiari m (plural bestiaris)

  1. bestiary (a medieval treatise of animals)
  2. a bestiarius, a person who fought with beasts in the Roman circus
  3. a group of texts in which beasts represent people, especially in the Middle Ages
  4. a group of figures that represent beasts, for popular festivals

Further reading

Italian

Noun

bestiari m

  1. plural of bestiario

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

bēstiārī

  1. vocative singular of bēstiārius

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

bestiari m (plural bestiaris)

  1. bestiary

Further reading