bar

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑː/
• (General American) enPR: bär, IPA^(key): /bɑɹ/, ,
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /baː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophones: baa, bah (in some pronunciations)

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)

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 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.

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).
10. 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.

12. The counter of such premises.

    Synonym: wet bar

    Step up to the bar and order a drink.

13. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
14. (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.

    coffee bar; juice bar

15. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.

    a burger bar

    a local fish bar

16. An establishment offering cosmetic services.

    a nail bar; a brow bar

17. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

    Synonyms: ban, prohibition

    The club has lifted its bar on women members.

18. 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?

    • 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.

20. (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.

21. (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
22. (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
23. (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.

24. (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.

25. (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.

26. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
27. (music) One of those musical sections.

    Synonym: measure

28. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
29. (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
30. (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.

31. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
32. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
34. (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
    2. 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.

35. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.

    Coordinate terms: barrulet, closet

36. A city gate, in some British place names.

    Temple Bar, London

37. (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
38. (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
39. (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
40. (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.
41. (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
42. (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
    • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 151:

      Tell Sick Boy tae gie us a bell if ye see um. The bastard owes us twenty fuckin bar.

43. (slang, hip-hop) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics, especially when good.

    That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• (heraldry): Ordinary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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)

2. (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.'

3. (transitive) To prohibit.

   I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

4. (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

   bar the door

5. 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

• (obstruct): block, hinder, obstruct
• (prohibit): ban, interdict, prohibit
• (lock or bolt with a bar):
• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• outbar
• unbar

Descendants

• → Esperanto: bari

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

• bar none
• all over bar the shouting

Translations

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “bar”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 446.

Etymology 3

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

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

• decibar
• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• Bar (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bar in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Anagrams

• ABR, ARB, Arb., RBA, Rab, abr., arb, bra

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
Postpositioned forms l-case báral k-case bárak t-case bárat h-case bárah

Derived terms

• bartikimbir
• bartikimbiró

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

• IPA^(key):

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Adjective

bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

1. barren

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

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

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)
5. (colloquial) weed, marijuana

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• Bardhi, F. (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 [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)

1. 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)

1. (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)

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	bar	barlar
definite accusative	barı	barları
dative	bara	barlara
locative	barda	barlarda
ablative	bardan	barlardan
definite genitive	barın	barların

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencian)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) ,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

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

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• biar (Luserna)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /bar/

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

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

• 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)

1. to drink

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːˀr/,
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

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
2. sheer, pure

Derived terms

• bare
• barbenet
• barfodet
• barfrost
• barhovedet
• min bare røv

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

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite bar)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bar

1. 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)

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

From Old French barhaine, probably of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”).

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

Inflection

Inflection 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	—

Derived terms

• barkoud
• barslecht

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

bar

1. extremely (only in a negative sense)

Etymology 4

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

Noun

bar

1. bar (a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals)

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobaar

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

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Etymology 1

From English bar. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bar (establishment)
2. bar (counter)

Derived terms

• bar laitier
• pilier de bar
• resto-bar

Descendants

• → Romanian: bar

Etymology 2

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”).

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bass (fish)

Derived terms

• bar commun
• bar européen

Further reading

• “bar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

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

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

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

• IPA^(key): /paːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

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

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

Etymology 3

Verb

bar

1. 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)

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 (first-person possessive barku, second-person possessive barmu, third-person possessive barnya)

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

Further reading

• “bar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
• “bar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

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

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

• barista

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

• (phonetic) IPA^(key):
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠærˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {bar}

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

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

bar

1. (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

1. 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)

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

• barbeint
• barbrystet

See also

• berr (Nynorsk)

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)

Related terms

• bartender (sense 1)

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

• barskog
• bartre

Etymology 4

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

• millibar

Etymology 5

Verb

bar

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

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)

Related terms

• bartender (sense 1)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

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

• barskog
• bartre
• granbar

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

• “bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Noun

bār m

1. boar

Declension

Synonyms

• eofor

Descendants

• Middle English: bor, boor, bore, boore; bar, bare, bayre
  • English: boar
  • Scots: bair
  • Yola: boar

Old High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar/

Adjective

bar

1. bare

Descendants

• Middle High German: bar
  • German: bar, baar
  • Yiddish: פּאַרעוו (parev)
    • → English: parev, pareve

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var/

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

Descendants

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

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

• Swedish: bar

Pacoh

Pacoh cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : bar     Ordinal : abar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Numeral

bar

1. two

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: bar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan (diminutive barek)

1. bar, luncheon bar, buffet
2. bar (a long table or counter where drinks are served)

   Synonym: bufet

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin barium.

Noun

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

bar m inan

1. barium

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m inan

1. 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

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

Etymology 2

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. 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)

1. enclosure

Etymology 2

Noun

bar m (plural bara)

1. Alternative form of barr

References

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 and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 73-74

Romanian

Etymology

From French bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bari)

1. bar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/.

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. public house, bar

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Etymology 3

Clipping of bàrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâr/

Adverb

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

1. at least

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р) (regional)

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: mȕhār

2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

   Synonyms: kòšćan, bìsērno prȍso

Declension

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

• IPA^(key): /báːr/.

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. public house, bar

Inflection

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Inflection

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

• barem, baren

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Adverb

bȃr

1. at least

   Synonym: vsaj

2. even though

   Synonym: čeprav

3. otherwise, for else

   Synonym: sicer

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Alternative forms

• ber, bȋr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: laški muhvič

2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

   Synonym: biserno proso

Inflection

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)	—
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

1. 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)

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

• “bar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

bar

1. Romanization of 𒁇

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

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	Superlative2
Common singular	bar	barare	barast
Neuter singular	bart	barare	barast
Plural	bara	barare	barast
Masculine plural3	bare	barare	barast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bare	barare	baraste
All	bara	barare	baraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• barmark

Etymology 2

See bära.

Verb

bar

1. past indicative of bära

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

Noun

bar c

2. a bar, pub; place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served.
3. a bar, a bar counter

Declension

Declension of bar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bar	baren	barer	barerna
Genitive	bars	barens	barers	barernas

Descendants

• → Finnish: baari

Etymology 4

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar c

1. A bar; a unit of pressure

References

• bar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• bra

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/,

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

• magbar

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

bar

1. a stone

See also

• haling

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑɾ/

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 (pʿaṙ).

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

Inflection
Nominative	bar
Definite accusative	barı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bar	barlar
Definite accusative	barı	barları
Dative	bara	barlara
Locative	barda	barlarda
Ablative	bardan	barlardan
Genitive	barın	barların

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

1. door

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian بار (bâr).

Noun

bar

1. load, burden