bestiari
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bēstiārius.
Pronunciation
Noun
bestiari m (plural bestiaris)
- bestiary (a medieval treatise of animals)
- a bestiarius, a person who fought with beasts in the Roman circus
- a group of texts in which beasts represent people, especially in the Middle Ages
- a group of figures that represent beasts, for popular festivals
Further reading
- “bestiari”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Italian
Noun
bestiari m
- plural of bestiario
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
bēstiārī
- vocative singular of bēstiārius
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
bestiari m (plural bestiaris)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 113.