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Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bavarian.

Symbol

bar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bavarian.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (beam, bar, gate, barrier), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

Two steel bars
A toll bar in Romania
  1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
    The window was protected by steel bars.
  2. (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 14 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
    Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
    We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.
  3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
    bar of chocolate
    bar of soap
  4. A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
    a bar of light
    a bar of colour
  5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
  6. (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
    Hyponyms: pipe, strikethrough, macron
  7. (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
  8. (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
  9. A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
    Synonyms: barroom, ginshop, (British) pub, public house, tavern; see also Thesaurus:pub
    The street was lined with all-night bars.
  10. The counter of such premises.
    Synonym: wet bar
    Step up to the bar and order a drink.
  11. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
  12. (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
    a juice bar
  13. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
    a burger bar
    a local fish bar
  14. An establishment offering cosmetic services.
    a brow bar
  15. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
    Synonyms: ban, prohibition
    The club has lifted its bar on women members.
  16. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
    • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. , London: T N for Henry Herringman, , published 1676, →OCLC, Act V, page 83:
      Muſt I new bars to my own joy create?
    • 1987 February 1, Nancy A. Coleman, “Foster Care: Case By Case Basis”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 5:
      Sexual preference or orientation shall not be a bar to becoming a foster parent.
    • 2013, Terence Dillon, A Long Way Home, page 184:
      Mr Harding could look back on his initial judgement of Paul's talent with great satisfaction while Paul could reflect that to be Irish was not necessarily a bar to progress.
  17. (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
    Suppose we have four objects, foo, bar, baz and quux.
  18. (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
  19. (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
  20. (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
    He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.
  21. (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
    He was called to the bar.He became a barrister.
  22. (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
    I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.
  23. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
  24. (music) One of those musical sections.
    Synonym: measure
  25. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
  26. (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
    to set the bar high/low
    to raise the bar
    • 2020 March 10, Kathy Gilsinan, quoting Eliot Cohen, “Confessions of an Ex–Never Trumper”, in The Atlantic:
      there’s no World War III now, but in the words of the prominent Never Trumper and Atlantic contributor Eliot Cohen, “that’s a pretty low bar.”
  27. (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
      Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
  28. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
  29. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
  30. (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
    1. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
      Synonym: bank
      Hyponym: sandbar
      • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 320:
        Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion.
  31. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
    Coordinate terms: barrulet, closet
  32. A city gate, in some British place names.
    Temple Bar, London
  33. (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
  34. (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
  35. (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
  36. (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
  37. (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
  38. (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
  39. (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
  40. (slang, hip-hop) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics, especially when good.
    That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.
Derived terms
terms derived from the noun "bar"
Descendants
  • Albanian: bar m
  • Arabic: بَار m (bār)
  • Armenian: բար (bar)
  • Bulgarian: бар (bar)
  • Burmese: ဘား (bha:)
  • Chichewa: bála
  • Cantonese: (baa1)
  • Czech: bar m
  • Danish: bar c
  • Dutch: bar m
  • Esperanto: baro
  • Estonian: baar
  • French: bar m
    • Romanian: bar
  • Galician: bar m
  • Georgian: ბარი (bari)
  • German: Bar f
  • Greek: μπαρ n (bar)
  • Gulf Arabic: بار (bār)
  • Hebrew: בָּר (bar), בָּאר (bár)
  • Hungarian: bár (also via German)
  • Icelandic: bar m
  • Irish: beár m
  • Italian: bar m
  • Japanese: バー ()
  • Khmer: បារ (baa)
  • Korean: (ba)
  • Lithuanian: bãras m
  • Macedonian: бар m (bar)
  • Malagasy: ba
  • Mandarin: ()
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: bar m
    Nynorsk: bar m
  • Persian: بار (bâr)
  • Polish: bar m
  • Portuguese: bar m
  • Russian: бар m (bar)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̑р m, bȃr m
  • Slovene: bȃr m
  • Spanish: bar m
  • Swahili: baa
  • Swedish: bar c (see there for further descendants)
  • Thai: บาร์ (baa)
  • Turkish: bar
  • Xhosa: íbhári
  • Zulu: ibha
Translations

See also

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

Etymology 2

From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (to bar), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar.

Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

Verb

bar (third-person singular simple present bars, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

  1. (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
    Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
    • 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza V, page 47:
      'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'
  2. (transitive) To prohibit.
    I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
  3. (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
    to bar the door
  4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 208, column 1:
      I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Preposition

bar

  1. Except, other than, besides.
    Synonyms: apart from, barring, except for, excepting, excluding, other than, save; see also Thesaurus:except
    He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 5:
      "I might be a fool," the younger man admitted quietly, "even an idiot, but there's not a person living, bar you, who possess the courage to call me a weakling, Sir."
    • 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 62:
      These see the overhead wires installed on all bar the slow lines between Bedford and Wellingborough by next May, with the remaining section completed by August, when the full programme is due to be completed.
  2. (horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
    Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.
Derived terms
Translations

References

  1. ^ barren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 31 October 2019.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined circa 1900.

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun

bar (plural bars)

  1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Chinese: ()
  • Finnish: baari
  • Galician: bar m
  • Greek: μπαρ n (bar)
  • Hebrew: בָּר (bar)
  • Icelandic: bar n
  • Irish: bar m
  • Korean: (ba)
  • Spanish: bar m
Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌɾ/
  • Hyphenation: bar

Noun

bár m (plural baritté f)

  1. night
  2. age

Declension

Declension of bár
absolutive bár
predicative bára
subjective barí
genitive bartí

Derived terms

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

  1. barren

References

Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

  1. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (tip, point), whence also Latin far (emmer, spelt), Proto-Germanic *baraz (barley) and Proto-Slavic *boršьno (flour).
  2. Akin to Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, drug, medicine), from a tentative common Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (cure with herbs).
  3. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (to grow), whence also Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, plant), Old Armenian բոյս (boys, plant).

Sense 4 is likely a semantic loan from English weed, French herbe or Italian erba.

Noun

bar m (plural barëra)

  1. grass
  2. meadow, grassfield
    Synonym: lëndinë
  3. (figurative) tasteless food
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar bari barëra barërat
accusative barin
dative bari barit barërave barërave
ablative barërash
Derived terms

Noun

bar m (indefinite barna)

  1. medicine, medication, herb
    Synonym: ilaç
  2. poison (for insects or other animals)
  3. (figurative) solution (for a difficult situation)
  4. (colloquial) weed, marijuana
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar bari barna barnat
accusative barin
dative bari barit barnave barnave
ablative barnash
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “bar”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 26
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 16–17
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?*bher”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 262
  4. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 54
  5. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 89–90

Further reading

  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 53:magnes — aste gna baar ghi hiec becurine vetehei
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “baar”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct , page 3*
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980, pages 95–98
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980, page 98

Etymology 2

Internationalism, ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bare)

  1. bar (place serving drinks)
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar bari bare baret
accusative barin
dative bari barit bareve bareve
ablative baresh

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980, page 98

Etymology 3

Internationalism, compare German Bar, French bar, English bar, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar m (plural barë)

  1. (physics) bar (unit of pressure)
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar bari barë barët
accusative barin
dative bari barit barëve barëve
ablative barësh

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980, page 98

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Persian بار.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. fruit
    Synonym: meyvə
  2. crop, harvest, yield
    Synonym: məhsul
  3. (figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)
    Synonym: bəhrə
  4. (archaic) burden
    Synonym: yük

Etymology 2

Ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. bar (a business selling alcoholic drinks)

Etymology 3

Internationalism; ultimately from French bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar

  1. (meteorology) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative barbarlar
definite accusative barıbarları
dative barabarlara
locative bardabarlarda
ablative bardanbarlardan
definite genitive barınbarların
Possessive forms of bar
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) barım barlarım
sənin (your) barın barların
onun (his/her/its) barı barları
bizim (our) barımız barlarımız
sizin (your) barınız barlarınız
onların (their) barı or barları barları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımı barlarımı
sənin (your) barını barlarını
onun (his/her/its) barını barlarını
bizim (our) barımızı barlarımızı
sizin (your) barınızı barlarınızı
onların (their) barını or barlarını barlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) barıma barlarıma
sənin (your) barına barlarına
onun (his/her/its) barına barlarına
bizim (our) barımıza barlarımıza
sizin (your) barınıza barlarınıza
onların (their) barına or barlarına barlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımda barlarımda
sənin (your) barında barlarında
onun (his/her/its) barında barlarında
bizim (our) barımızda barlarımızda
sizin (your) barınızda barlarınızda
onların (their) barında or barlarında barlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımdan barlarımdan
sənin (your) barından barlarından
onun (his/her/its) barından barlarından
bizim (our) barımızdan barlarımızdan
sizin (your) barınızdan barlarınızdan
onların (their) barından or barlarından barlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) barımın barlarımın
sənin (your) barının barlarının
onun (his/her/its) barının barlarının
bizim (our) barımızın barlarımızın
sizin (your) barınızın barlarınızın
onların (their) barının or barlarının barlarının

Further reading

  • bar” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (unit of measure)

Etymology 3

Variant of archaic bare, from Old Catalan baare, derived from the nominative case of baador, a variant of bausador (whence Catalan bausador), borrowed from Old Occitan; of uncertain origin but probably related to German böse (evil).

Adjective

bar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bars)

  1. (obsolete) traitorous

Noun

bar m or f by sense (plural bars)

  1. (obsolete) traitor

References

  1. ^ bar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.“bar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronoun

bar

  1. (Sette Comuni) we
    Synonym: bandare
    Bar zeinan bèllase.We are Italians.
    Bar zeinda.We are here.
    Bar habanze galummet.We took them.

Inflection

Cimbrian personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
1st person singular ich mich miar
2nd person
singular
familiar du dich diar
polite iart ach òich
3rd person
singular
m èar, ar in, en iime
f zi, ze iar
n es, is es, 's iime
1st person plural bar,
bandare
zich izàndarn
2nd person plural iart,
iartàndare, artàndare
òich, ach ogàndarn
3rd person plural ze, zòi,
zandare
zich innàndarn

References

  • “bar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bār.

Predicative

bar

  1. there is, there are, indicates existence or possession
    Antonym: yoq

Etymology 2

Verb

bar

  1. second-person singular imperative of barmaq (to go, to arrive)

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan

  1. bar (a business selling beverages)
  2. bar (the counter of such a premises)
  3. bar (a cabinet used to store alcoholic drinks in a private house or a hotel room)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Borrowing from modern European languages, originally coined based on Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m

  1. bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
Declension

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Verb

bar (second-person plural present baite)

  1. to drink

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish bar, Old West Norse berr (with ʀ-umlaut), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, plural and definite singular attributive bare)

  1. bare, naked
    Synonym: nøgen
  2. sheer, pure
Inflection
Inflection of bar
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular bar 2
indefinite neuter singular bart 2
plural bare 2
definite attributive1 bare

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

  1. bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)
Declension
Declension of bar
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar baren barer barerne
genitive bars barens barers barernes

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite bar)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension
Declension of bar
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar baren bar barene
genitive bars barens bars barenes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bar

  1. past tense of bære

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

  1. a bar, counter, drink cabinet
  2. a bar, pub serving alcohol
Derived terms
  • Types of establishment
Descendants
  • Caribbean Javanese: bar
  • Indonesian: bar

Etymology 2

Doublet of baar (bare), which see for more. Baar continues the Middle Dutch inflected stem, bar the uninflected stem.

Adjective

bar (comparative barder, superlative barst)

  1. harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (cold), or omstandigheden (conditions))
  2. barren, inhospitable, bare
  3. crude, grim, unfriendly
Declension
Declension of bar
uninflected bar
inflected barre
comparative barder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bar barder het barst
het barste
indefinite m./f. sing. barre bardere barste
n. sing. bar barder barste
plural barre bardere barste
definite barre bardere barste
partitive bars barders

Adverb

bar

  1. extremely (only in a negative sense)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined c. 1900.

Noun

bar

  1. bar (a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bar

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)

Faroese

Verb

bar

  1. first/third-person singular past of bera
    hetta bar ikki til
    this wasn’t possible

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English bar. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (establishment)
  2. bar (counter)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Romanian: bar

Etymology 2

From Old French bars (12th c.), from Frankish *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (perch). Depending on the age of the borrowing, it may not be directly from Frankish, but from later Old Dutch (cf. modern Dutch baars). The final -s was interpreted in Old French as the nominative-singular and accusative-plural suffix, leading to the backformation bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bass (fish)
Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German bar.

Adjective

bar (not comparable)

  1. bare
Declension

Adverb

bar

  1. in cash
  2. pure

Preposition

bar

  1. without
    Synonyms: ohne, sonder, außer, ausschließlich

Etymology 2

Determiner

bar (invariable)

  1. obsolete form of paar (a few, couple)

Further reading

  • bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bar” in Duden online

Gothic

Romanization

bar

  1. romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar (1), from Old French barre.

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bars, nominative plural barir)

  1. bar (establishment offering alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises)
  2. bar (counter at which such beverages are sold or offered)
  3. (by extension) a counter where a buffet or a specialized kind of food is offered
Declension
Declension of bar (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar barinn barir barirnir
accusative bar barinn bari barina
dative bar barnum börum börunum
genitive bars barsins bara baranna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar n (genitive singular bars, nominative plural bör)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension
Declension of bar (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar barið bör börin
accusative bar barið bör börin
dative bari barinu börum börunum
genitive bars barsins bara baranna

Etymology 3

Verb

bar

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bar, from English bar, from Middle English barre, from Old French barre (beam, bar, gate, barrier), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin.

Noun

bar (plural bar-bar)

  1. bar, pub: an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served

Etymology 2

From Dutch bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined c. 1900.

Noun

bar (plural bar-bar)

  1. (physics) bar: a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of bar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bar bair
vocative a bhair a bhara
genitive bair bar
dative bar bair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bar na bair
genitive an bhair na mbar
dative leis an mbar
don bhar
leis na bair

Mutation

Mutated forms of bar
radical lenition eclipsis
bar bhar mbar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • bar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: bàr

Noun

bar m

  1. bar (place serving drinks)
    C'è un bar qui vicino?Is there a bar nearby?
  2. café
  3. bar (unit of pressure)

Derived terms

Latvian

Verb

bar

  1. inflection of bārt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of bārt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of bārt

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Adjective

bar

  1. empty

Adverb

bar

  1. again
  2. also
  3. more

Determiner

bar

  1. more

Noun

bar

  1. head
  2. rock
  3. top; tip

References

Middle English

Noun

bar

  1. Northern form of bor

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian بار (bâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Northern Kurdish
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

bar m

  1. burden (a heavy load)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.

Adjective

bar (neuter singular bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barere, indefinite superlative barest, definite superlative bareste)

  1. bare, naked
    • 2014, "Ikke provosèr ham", by Inger Torill Jørgensen, eBokNorden AS →ISBN
      Han kom tettere inn til henne, la armen rundt ryggen hennes og bøyet hodet sitt ned mot hennes bare skulder, kysset den.
      He came closer to her, put his arm around her back and bowed his head down to her bare shoulder, and kissed it.
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barer, definite plural barene)

  1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
  2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

  1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers
Derived terms

Etymology 4

 bar (enhet) on Norwegian Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural bar, definite plural barene)

  1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

bar

  1. simple past of bære

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

bar

  1. past tense of bera

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

  1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
  2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined circa 1900.

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Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

  1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

  1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers
    • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:
      Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar i Vaaren ei Gaata
      Therefore I found, between the birches and conifers, in spring a riddle
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barare, indefinite superlative barast, definite superlative baraste)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of berr
  2. (pre-1938) alternative form of berr

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

Noun

bār m

  1. boar

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Synonyms

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bar

  1. bare
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

bar

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of bëran

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Determiner

bar

  1. alternative form of for (your pl)

Old Norse

Verb

bar

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Adjective

bār

  1. bare

Declension

Positive forms of bār
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative bār bār bār bāre, bāra bāra bār, bāra
accusative bāran, bāren bāra bār bāra, bāre bāra bār, bāra
genitive bāres, bāras bārara, bāraro bāres, bāras bāraro, bāroro, bārero bāraro, bāroro, bārero bāraro, bāroro, bārero
dative bārumu, bārum, bārun, bārun, bāron, bāren, bāran bāraro, bāraru, bārara bārumu, bārum, bārun, bārun, bāron, bāren, bāran bārun, bāron, bārum bārun, bāron bārun, bāron, bārum
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative bāro, bāra bāra, bāre bāra, bāre bāron, bārun bāron, bārun, bāran bāron, bārun
accusative bāron, bāran bārun, bāron, bāran bāra, bāre bāron, bārun bāron, bārun, bāran bāron, bārun
genitive bāren, bāran bārun, bāran, bāren bāren, bāran bārono, bāreno bārono bārono, bāreno
dative bāron, bāren, bāran bārun, bāran bāron, bāren, bāran bāron, bārun bāron, bārun bāron, bārun

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bâr
    • German Low German: baar

References

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *barbar (to spread out, unfurl).

Verb

bar

  1. (inchoative) to spread out, to unfurl
    • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, line 936:
      na layar ma(n)jĕ(r) kĕ(m)bang, hir na angin bar na layar.
      The sails bloom like flowers, the wind blows, the sails unfurl....

Further reading

  • Noorduyn, J, Teeuw, A (2006) Three Old Sundanese Poems, Leiden: K.I.T.L.V. Press, →ISBN

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

bar

  1. bare

Declension

Descendants

Pacoh

Pacoh cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : bar
    Ordinal : abar

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɓaar, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar.

Pronunciation

Numeral

bar

  1. two

Polish

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bar

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan (diminutive barek, related adjective barowy)

  1. bar, public house (business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves)
  2. bar, luncheon bar, buffet, wet bar (area for the preparation of alcoholic drinks, equipped with a countertop having a sink and running water and usually located in a home, hotel room, or similar quarters)
    Synonym: bufet
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin barium.

Noun

Chemical element
Ba
Previous: cez (Cs)
Next: lantan (La)

bar m inan (related adjective barowy)

  1. barium (chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56)
Declension

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar m inan (related adjective baryczny)

  1. bar (non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level)
Declension

Further reading

  • bar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • bar in PWN's encyclopedia

Anagrams

Portuguese

 bar on Portuguese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

 
 

  • (Caipira Brazil) IPA(key): ,
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: Portuguese

Etymology 1

 Bar (estabelecimento) on Portuguese Wikipedia

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. pub; bar (establishment that serves alcoholic beverages primarily)

Etymology 2

 Bar (unidade) on Portuguese Wikipedia

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 bar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. 2.0 2.1 bar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Romani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 (vāḍa), from Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa) or Sanskrit वाटी (vāṭī).

Noun

bar f (plural barǎ)

  1. enclosure

Etymology 2

Noun

bar m (plural bara)

  1. alternative form of barr

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 20

Further reading

  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e bar I, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 73-74

Romanian

Etymology

From French bar. Doublet of bară.

Noun

bar m (plural bari)

  1. bar (establishment)

Declension

Declension of bar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bar barul bari barii
genitive-dative bar barului bari barilor
vocative barule barilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р, relational adjective bȃrskī)

  1. public house, bar
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bȃr bȁrovi
genitive bara barova
dative baru barovima
accusative bar barove
vocative bare barovi
locative baru barovima
instrumental barom barovima

Further reading

  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined circa 1900.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bȃr bȃri
genitive bara bara
dative baru barima
accusative bar bave
vocative baru bari
locative baru barima
instrumental barom barima

Further reading

  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

Clipping of bàrem.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

  1. at least

Further reading

  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р) (regional)

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
    Synonym: mȕhār
  2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
    Synonyms: kòšćan, bìsērno prȍso
Declension

Further reading

  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

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Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m inan

  1. public house, bar
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bȃr
gen. sing. bȃra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra bȃrov bȃrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru bȃroma bȃrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru bȃrih bȃrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom bȃroma bȃri

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight), coined circa 1900.

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Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m inan

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bȃr
gen. sing. bȃra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra bȃrov bȃrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru bȃroma bȃrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru bȃrih bȃrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom bȃroma bȃri

Etymology 3

Considering its Ottoman Turkish origin and smaller frequency, from Serbo-Croatian bȁr.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

bȃr

  1. at least
    Synonym: vsaj
  2. even though
    Synonym: čeprav
  3. otherwise, for else
    Synonym: sicer

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

bȃr m inan

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
    Synonym: laški muhvič
  2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
    Synonym: biserno proso
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative bȃr
genitive bȃra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom

Further reading

  • bar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • bar”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Somali

Verb

bar

  1. alternative spelling of baro

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Further reading

Sumerian

Romanization

bar

  1. romanization of 𒁇

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese bar, likely from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *barbar (to spread out, unfurl).

Verb

bar (Sundanese script ᮘᮁ)

  1. (inchoative) to spread out, to unfurl

Further reading

Swedish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bar, from Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

bar (comparative barare, superlative barast)

  1. bare, uncovered; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)
Declension
Inflection of bar
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bar barare barast
neuter singular bart barare barast
plural bara barare barast
masculine plural2 bare barare barast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bare barare baraste
all bara barare baraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See bära.

Verb

bar

  1. past indicative of bära

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

Noun

bar c

  1. a bar (place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served)
    barer och nattklubbar
    bars and nightclubs
  2. a bar (bar counter)
    Synonym: bardisk (bar counter)
    Vi hängde mest vid baren
    We mostly hung out by the bar
Usage notes

Bar has more modern, sleek connotations, while pub suggests a British-style pub, with cozy connotations, etc. See also krog.

Declension
Descendants
See also

Etymology 4

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar c

  1. A bar; a unit of pressure

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

Noun

bar (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔)

  1. bar (business selling alcoholic drinks)
    Synonyms: inuman, barikan, taberna
  2. (law) bar exam
  3. iron or steel bar
    Synonym: baras

Derived terms

Anagrams

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

bar

  1. a stone

See also

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian պար (par, dance).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (dialectal) dance, round dance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. bar, pub

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish بار (bar), from Armenian փառ (pʻaṙ).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (dialectal) dirt, dust

Etymology 4

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (unit of pressure) bar
Declension
Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bar barlar
definite accusative barı barları
dative bara barlara
locative barda barlarda
ablative bardan barlardan
genitive barın barların

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • bar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin bar
Cyrillic бар
Arabic بار

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bār.

Adjective

bar

  1. Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist

Etymology 2

From Persian بار

Noun

bar (definite accusative bary, uncountable -)

  1. time, turn, occasion
    Synonym: gezek

Wakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Related to Persian در (dar).

Noun

bar

  1. door

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bariau or barrau)

  1. bar, post
    Synonyms: ffon, polyn, postyn, trosol
  2. bar, block
    Synonyms: bloc, darn
  3. bar, counter
    Synonym: cownter
    1. bar (drinking establishment)
  4. (music) bar
  5. (geography) bar, sandbar, bank
    Synonyms: banc, glan
  6. (law, as y bar) the bar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Welsh barr, from Proto-Celtic *barros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.

Noun

bar m (plural bariau or barrau or bars)

  1. top, summit, head
    Synonyms: blaen, brig, copa, pen
  2. (rare) tuft, bunch, bush, branch
    Synonyms: mwng, tusw, llwyn, cangen
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

bar m (plural barrau)

  1. bar (non-SI unit of pressure)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bar
radical soft nasal aspirate
bar far mar unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bar”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian بار (bâr).

Noun

bar

  1. load, burden