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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
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 .
( countable , uncountable , metallurgy ) A solid metal object with uniform (round , square , hexagonal , octagonal or rectangular ) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1 ⁄ 4 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.
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity .
bar of chocolate
bar of soap
A broad shaft , band , or stripe .
a bar of light
a bar of colour
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart .
( typography ) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics , such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 1 2 ), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly ( obsolete ) including oblique marks such as the slash .
Hyponyms: pipe , strikethrough , macron
( 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 .
( 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 ).
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 .
The counter of such premises.
Synonym: wet bar
Step up to the bar and order a drink.
A counter, or simply a cabinet , from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
( by extension, in combination ) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
a burger bar
a local fish bar
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
a nail bar ; a brow bar
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
Synonyms: ban , prohibition
The club has lifted its bar on women members.
Anything that obstructs , hinders , or prevents ; an obstruction ; a barrier .
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.
( 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 .
( UK , Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
( UK , law ) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges , lawyers , defendants and witnesses stay.
( 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.
( law , metonymically , "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 .
( 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.
( music ) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
( music ) One of those musical sections .
Synonym: measure
( sports ) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault .
( figurative ) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome .
( 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 .
( backgammon ) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board , where stones are placed if they are hit .
An addition to a military medal , on account of a subsequent act.
A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water .
( geography , nautical , hydrology ) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance , especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach , and which may obstruct navigation . (FM 55-501).
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.
( heraldry ) One of the ordinaries in heraldry ; a diminutive of a fess .
Coordinate terms: barrulet , closet
A city gate , in some British place names.
Temple Bar , London
( mining ) A drilling or tamping rod .
( mining ) A vein or dike crossing a lode .
( architecture ) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
( 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 .
( farriery , in the plural ) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse , in which the bit is placed.
( slang ) A measure of drugs , typically one ounce .
( slang , hip-hop) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics , especially when good.
That rapper there, yeah, he got bars .
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Albanian: bar m
→ Arabic: بَار m ( bār )
→ Armenian: բար ( bar )
→ Bulgarian: бар ( bar )
→ Burmese: ဘား ( bha: )
→ Chichewa: bála
→ Cantonese: 吧 ( baa1 )
→ Czech: bar m
→ Danish: bar c
→ Dutch: bar m
→ Esperanto: baro
→ Estonian: baar
→ French: bar m
→ 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 ( bā )
→ Khmer: បារ ( baa )
→ Korean: 바 ( ba )
→ Lithuanian: bãras m
→ Macedonian: бар m ( bar )
→ Malagasy: ba
→ Mandarin: 吧 ( bā )
→ 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 )
( 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.'
( transitive ) To prohibit .
I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred .
( transitive ) To lock or bolt with a bar.
bar the door
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
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.
( 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
with the exception of
— see except
References
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) , coined circa 1900.
Noun
bar (plural bars )
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals , approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Chinese: 巴 ( bā )
→ Finnish: baari
→ Galician: bar m
→ Greek: μπαρ n ( bar )
→ Hebrew: בָּר ( bar )
→ Icelandic: bar n
→ Irish: bar m
→ Korean: 바 ( ba )
→ Spanish: bar m
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbʌɾ/
Hyphenation: bar
Noun
bár m (plural baritté f )
night
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 )
barren
References
Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Possibly:
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ( “ tip, point ” ) , whence also Latin far ( “ emmer, spelt ” ) , Proto-Germanic *baraz ( “ barley ” ) and Proto-Slavic *boršьno ( “ flour ” ) .
Akin to Ancient Greek φάρμακον ( phármakon , “ drug, medicine ” ) , from a tentative common Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- ( “ cure with herbs ” ) .
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 )
grass
meadow , grassfield
Synonym: lëndinë
( figurative ) tasteless food
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
bar m (indefinite barna )
medicine , medication , herb
Synonym: ilaç
poison ( for insects or other animals )
( figurative ) solution ( for a difficult situation )
( colloquial ) weed , marijuana
Declension
Derived terms
References
^ Meyer, G. (1891), “bar ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI , page 26
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “bar ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN , pages 16–17
^ Mallory, J. P. ; Adams, D. Q. , editors (1997), “?*bher”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture , London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 262
^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 54
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 89–90
Further reading
Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (in Latin), page 53 : “magnes — aste gna baar ghi hiec becurine vetehei”
Jungg, G. (1895), “baar”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary ], page 3*
“bar i ”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 1980, pages 95–98
“bar ii ”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98
Etymology 2
Internationalism , ultimately from English bar .
Noun
bar m (plural bare )
bar ( place serving drinks )
Declension
Further reading
“bar iii ”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98
Etymology 3
Internationalism , compare German Bar , French bar , English bar , ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros ) .
Noun
bar m (plural barë )
( physics ) bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Further reading
“bar iv ”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
From Persian بار .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
fruit
Synonym: meyvə
crop , harvest , yield
Synonym: məhsul
( figurative ) fruit ( an end result, effect, or consequence )
Synonym: bəhrə
( archaic ) burden
Synonym: yük
Etymology 2
Ultimately from English bar .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
bar ( a business selling alcoholic drinks )
Etymology 3
Internationalism ; ultimately from French bar , from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros ) .
Noun
bar
( meteorology ) bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
From French barre .
Noun
bar m (plural bars )
bar ( establishment )
bar ( unit of measure )
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
( 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
there is , there are , indicates existence or possession
Antonym: yoq
Etymology 2
Verb
bar
second-person singular imperative of barmaq ( “ to go, to arrive ” )
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m
bar ( a business selling beverages )
bar ( the counter of such a premises )
bar ( a cabinet used to store alcoholic drinks in a private house or a hotel room )
Declension
Declension of bar (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowing from modern European languages, originally coined based on Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar m
bar , a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
Declension
Declension of bar (hard masculine inanimate )
Further reading
bar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého , 1935–1957
bar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého , 1960–1971, 1989
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin bibere .
Verb
bar (second-person plural present baite )
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 )
bare , naked
sheer , pure
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar c (singular definite baren , plural indefinite barer )
bar ( business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises )
Declension
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar c (singular definite baren , plural indefinite bar )
bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bar
past tense of bære
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bɑr/
Hyphenation: Dutch
Rhymes: -ɑr
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m (plural bars , diminutive barretje n )
A bar , counter , drink cabinet .
A bar , pub serving alcohol.
Derived terms
-types of establishment
Descendants
→ Caribbean Javanese: bar
→ Indonesian: bar
Etymology 2
From Old French barhaine , probably of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish *baʀ ( “ bare; barren ” ) .
Adjective
bar (comparative barder , superlative barst )
harsh , tough ( used mainly with koude ( “ cold ” ) , or omstandigheden ( “ conditions ” ) )
barren , inhospitable , bare
crude , grim , unfriendly
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Adverb
bar
extremely ( only in a negative sense )
Etymology 4
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) , coined c. 1900.
Noun
bar
bar (a unit of pressure , equal to 100,000 pascals )
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk) , Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)
Faroese
Verb
bar
he, it bore , carried : 1st and 3rd person singular past tense form of bera ( “ to bear, to carry ” )
Conjugation
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English bar . Doublet of barre .
Noun
bar m
bar ( establishment )
bar ( counter )
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz ( “ perch ” ) .
Noun
bar m
bass ( fish )
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m (plural bares )
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 )
bar ( unit of pressure )
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German and Old High German bar .
Adjective
bar (not comparable )
bare
Declension
Positive forms of bar (uncomparable )
Adverb
bar
in cash
pure
Preposition
bar
(+genitive ) without
Synonyms: ohne , sonder , außer , ausschließlich
Etymology 2
Determiner
bar (invariable )
Obsolete form of paar ( “ a few, couple ” ) .
Further reading
“bar ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“bar ” in Duden online
Gothic
Romanization
bar
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 )
bar ( establishment offering alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises )
bar ( counter at which such beverages are sold or offered )
( by extension ) a counter where a buffet or a specialized kind of food is offered
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar n (genitive singular bars , nominative plural bör )
bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Etymology 3
Verb
bar
first / third-person singular past indicative active of bera
Indonesian
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 (first-person possessive barku , second-person possessive barmu , third-person possessive barnya )
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 (first-person possessive barku , second-person possessive barmu , third-person possessive barnya )
( 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 )
bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
bar
bhar
mbar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bar ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “bar ” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bar .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbar/
Rhymes: -ar
Hyphenation: bàr
Noun
bar m
bar ( place serving drinks )
C'è un bar qui vicino? ― Is there a bar nearby?
café
bar ( unit of pressure )
Derived terms
Latvian
Verb
bar
inflection of bārt :
second / third-person singular present indicative
third-person plural present indicative
second-person singular imperative
( with the particle lai ) third-person singular imperative of bārt
( with the particle lai ) third-person plural imperative of bārt
Marshallese
Pronunciation
Adjective
bar
empty
Adverb
bar
again
also
more
Determiner
bar
more
Noun
bar
head
rock
top ; tip
References
Middle English
Noun
bar
( Northern ) Alternative form of bor
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian بار ( bâr ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bɑːɾ/
Hyphenation: Northern Kurdish
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
Noun
bar m
burden ( a heavy load )
Norwegian Bokmål
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 )
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 )
a bar ( place where alcohol is served )
a bar ( sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour )
Related terms
Etymology 3
From Old Norse barr .
Noun
bar n (definite singular baret , uncountable )
the needles of the conifers , twigs and branches of conifers
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar m (definite singular baren , indefinite plural bar , definite plural barene )
bar ( a non-SI unit of pressure )
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Verb
bar
simple past of bære
References
“bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary . ( adjective on page 2 )
“bar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“bar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“bar_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“bar_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“bar_5” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
bar
past tense of bera
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m (definite singular baren , indefinite plural barar , definite plural barane )
a bar ( place where alcohol is served )
a bar ( sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour )
Related terms
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) , coined circa 1900.
Noun
bar m (definite singular baren , indefinite plural barar , definite plural barane )
bar ( a non-SI unit of pressure )
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 4
From Old Norse barr .
Noun
bar n (definite singular baret , uncountable )
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 )
( pre-2012 ) alternative form of berr
( pre-1938 ) alternative form of berr
References
“bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bair .
Pronunciation
Noun
bār m
boar
Declension
Declension of bar (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
Descendants
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ , from Proto-Germanic *bazaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
bar
bare
Descendants
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Determiner
bar
Alternative form of for ( “ your pl ” )
Old Norse
Verb
bar
first / third-person singular past indicative active of bera
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ , from Proto-Germanic *bazaz .
Adjective
bār
bare
Declension
Positive forms of bār
Strong declension
gender
masculine
feminine
neuter
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
bār
bāre , bāra
bār
bāra
bār
bār , bāra
accusative
bāran , bāren
bāra , bāre
bāra
bāra
bār
bār , bāra
genitive
bāres , bāras
bāraro , bāroro , bārero
bārara , bāraro
bāraro , bāroro , bārero
bāres , bāras
bāraro , bāroro , bārero
dative
bārumu , bārum , bārun , bārun , bāron , bāren , bāran
bārun , bāron , bārum
bāraro , bāraru , bārara
bārun , bāron
bārumu , bārum , bārun , bārun , bāron , bāren , bāran
bārun , bāron , bārum
Weak declension
gender
masculine
feminine
neuter
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
bāro , bāra
bāron , bārun
bāra , bāre
bāron , bārun , bāran
bāra , bāre
bāron , bārun
accusative
bāron , bāran
bāron , bārun
bārun , bāron , bāran
bāron , bārun , bāran
bāra , bāre
bāron , bārun
genitive
bāren , bāran
bārono , bāreno
bārun , bāran , bāren
bārono
bāren , bāran
bārono , bāreno
dative
bāron , bāren , bāran
bāron , bārun
bārun , bāran
bāron , bārun
bāron , bāren , bāran
bāron , bārun
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr ), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós .
Adjective
bar
bare
Declension
Declension of bar (strong)
Declension of bar (weak)
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
bari, -e
bara
bara
accusative
bara
baru, -o
bara
dative
bara
baru, -o
bara
genitive
bara
baru, -o
bara
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
baru, -o
baru, -o
baru, -o
accusative
baru, -o
baru, -o
baru, -o
dative
baru, -o
baru, -o
baru, -o
genitive
baru, -o
baru, -o
baru, -o
Descendants
Pacoh
Etymology
From Proto-Katuic *ɓaar , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar .
Pronunciation
Numeral
bar
two
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bar/
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: bar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m inan (diminutive barek )
bar , luncheon bar , buffet
bar ( a long table or counter where drinks are served )
Synonym: bufet
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin barium .
Noun
bar m inan
barium
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar m inan
bar ( unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
bar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
bar on Portuguese Wikipedia
Pronunciation
( Caipira Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ,
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar m (plural bares )
pub ; bar ( establishment that serves alcoholic beverages primarily )
Etymology 2
Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar m (plural bares )
bar ( unit of pressure )
References
Romani
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 ( vāḍa ) , from Sanskrit वाट ( vāṭa ) or Sanskrit वाटी ( vāṭī ) .
Noun
bar f (plural barǎ )
enclosure
Etymology 2
Noun
bar m (plural bara )
Alternative form of barr
References
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāṭa1 ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 670
↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert ; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region ] (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 [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek ] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN , pages 73-74
Romanian
Etymology
From French bar .
Noun
bar m (plural bari )
bar
Declension
Declension of bar
singular
plural
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) bar
barul
(niște) bari
barii
genitive/dative
(unui) bar
barului
(unor) bari
barilor
vocative
barule
barilor
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р )
public house , bar
Declension
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) , coined circa 1900.
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р )
bar ( unit of pressure )
Declension
Etymology 3
Clipping of bàrem .
Pronunciation
Adverb
bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р )
at least
Etymology 4
From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р ) ( regional )
foxtail millet (Setaria italica )
Synonym: mȕhār
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum )
Synonyms: kòšćan , bìsērno prȍso
Declension
Declension of bar
singular
nominative
bar
genitive
bara
dative
baru
accusative
bar
vocative
bare
locative
baru
instrumental
barom
References
“bar ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bar ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bar ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bar ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar .
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m inan
public house , bar
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) , coined circa 1900.
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m inan
bar ( unit of pressure )
Inflection
Etymology 3
Considering its Ottoman Turkish origin and smaller frequency, from Serbo-Croatian bȁr .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adverb
bȃr
at least
Synonym: vsaj
even though
Synonym: čeprav
otherwise , for else
Synonym: sicer
Etymology 4
From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bȃr m inan
foxtail millet (Setaria italica )
Synonym: laški muhvič
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum )
Synonym: biserno proso
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative
bȃr
genitive
bȃra
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr
genitive(rodȋlnik)
—
dative(dajȃlnik)
—
accusative(tožȋlnik)
—
locative(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom
Further reading
“bar ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran
Somali
Verb
bar
Alternative spelling of baro
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bar . Doublet of barra .
Noun
bar m (plural bares )
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 )
bar ( unit of pressure )
Further reading
Sumerian
Romanization
bar
Romanization of 𒁇 ( bar )
Swedish
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 )
bare , uncovered ; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See bära .
Verb
bar
past indicative of bära
Etymology 3
Unadapted borrowing from English bar .
Noun
bar c
a bar , pub ; place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served.
a bar , a bar counter
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 4
Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος ( báros , “ weight ” ) .
Noun
bar c
A bar ; a unit of pressure
References
bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English bar .
Pronunciation
Noun
bar
bar ( business selling alcoholic drinks )
Synonyms: inuman , barikan , taberna
( law ) bar exam
iron or steel bar
Synonym: baras
Derived terms
Traveller Norwegian
Noun
bar
a stone
See also
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Armenian պար ( par , “ dance ” ) .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
( dialectal ) dance , round dance
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bar .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
bar , pub
Etymology 3
From Ottoman Turkish بار ( bar ) , from Armenian փառ ( pʿaṙ ) .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
( dialectal ) dirt , dust
Etymology 4
Ultimately from Ancient Greek weight .
Noun
bar (definite accusative barı , plural barlar )
( unit of pressure ) bar
Declension
References
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պար ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary ] (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 [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey ] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
Wakhi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *dwā́ram , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- . Related to Persian در ( dar ) .
Noun
bar
door
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian بار ( bâr ) .
Noun
bar ?
load , burden