Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

barbette

English translation:

Waldensian pastor

Added to glossary by Russell Jones
Nov 12, 2013 19:20
10 yrs ago
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Italian term

barbette

Italian to English Art/Literary Military / Defense
in quel momento vede entrare il Colonello XXXX, che è un valdese di XXXXX, un barbette.

barbette is in italics

The scene is the Italian army fighting the French in the Alps in 1941. The text has occasional Piemontese words and expressions.
Proposed translations (English)
3 Waldensian pastor

Discussion

Michele Armellini Nov 13, 2013:
I'd suggest changing the classification as a military/defense question - especially considering that "barbetta" in Italian, and "barbette" in English, do have a military/defense meaning!
philgoddard Nov 12, 2013:
I'm guessing Valdese is Vaudois, but what do the Xs represent? There doesn't seem to be any need to censor the two words.

Proposed translations

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Selected

Waldensian pastor

I removed my previous answer as I had written Vaudois

but I believe that when referring to the religious aspect Waldensian is what is used

Waldesian (rel.) pastor

http://thebeardedpresbyterian.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/the-p...

Explanation:
http://www.dialettando.com/dizionario/detail_italiano.lasso?...

http://www.dialettando.com/dizionario/detail.lasso?id=32209



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Le comunità valdesi erano organizzate su due livelli: vi erano i "perfetti" o "barba" (che significa "zio", in contrapposizione al "padre" cattolico) che seguivano i tre voti monastici di povertà, castità, e obbedienza ed erano predicatori itineranti, e i semplici fedeli, che erano detti "amici" o "noti"

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdismo


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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-11-12 21:24:12 GMT)
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on the other hand...would a pastor be a Colonel?

mumble mumble...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-11-12 21:35:58 GMT)
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I found the word barbe used in some English texts

http://www.brill.com/preachers-night-waldensian-barbes-15th-...



http://flatlanderfaith.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/epistle-from...

http://www.reformedreader.org/history/wylie/ch02.htm
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Fantastic. Thanks so much Daniela"

Reference comments

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Reference:

http://dizionarioitaliano.it/barbetta/

oppure

http://web.tiscali.it/psilibello/b/barbotto.htm
(cercare barba/barbetta)

la e finale non mi sorprende nel piemontese

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Note added at 1 ora (2013-11-12 21:05:14 GMT)
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http://dizionarioitaliano.it/barbetta/


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Note added at 1 ora (2013-11-12 21:08:02 GMT)
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cercare "barbetto"
Note from asker:
Many thanks Raffaela
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree texjax DDS PhD : Ottimi riferimenti :)
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grazie
agree Daniela Zambrini
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agree Shera Lyn Parpia
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