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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old High German bira, pira (“pear”), whence also German Birne.
Noun
באַר • (bar) m or f, plural באַרן (barn)
- pear
- Synonym: באַרנע (barne)
Usage notes
Usually feminine, but masculine in Poylish.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bar.
Noun
באַר • (bar) m, plural באַרן (barn)
- bar (business selling alcoholic drinks)
- Synonyms: שענק (shenk), קנײַפּיע (knaypye)
Related terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bar”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN