adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/weak vowel distinction
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/bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/weak vowel merger
/bɪˈzɑɹ/weak vowel distinction
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/bəˈzɑɹ/weak vowel merger
homophone: bazaar (weak vowel merger)
CMU ARPABET:B AH0 Z AA1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:B IH0 Z AA1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
That was a bizarre adventure!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours.
A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), then either from Italian bizzarro (“weird, eccentric, frisky”) or, less likely, from Basque bizar (literally “beard”, from the notion that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French).
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
