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A barber cuts hair on the streets of Harbin, China.
English
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰardʰéh₂ |
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.bə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
Noun
barber (plural barbers)
- A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
- Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, (obsolete) tonsor, (obsolete) cutbeard
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
Derived terms
- barber beats
- barber chair
- barber-chair
- barberess
- barberfish
- barberish
- barber itch
- barberly
- barbermonger
- barber paradox
- barber pole, barber's pole
- barber pole effect
- barber's block
- barber's clerk
- barbershop
- barber shop
- barber's itch
- barber's itch
- barber's rash
- barber's sign
- barber surgeon
- conceited as a barber's cat
- jack-knife barber
- never ask the barber if you need a haircut
- poor as a barber's cat
- sleeping barber problem
- thin as a barber's cat
Descendants
Translations
person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards
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Verb
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
- (transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (intransitive) (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
Derived terms
Translations
to cut the hair
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Anagrams
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Noun
barber m (plural barberi)
- barber (profession)
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera)
Further reading
- “barber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From barbe + -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.
Pronunciation
Verb
barber
- (informal) to bore someone
- Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)
Conjugation
Conjugation of barber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | barber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | barbant /baʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | barbé /baʁ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | barbe /baʁb/ |
barbes /baʁb/ |
barbe /baʁb/ |
barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ |
barbez /baʁ.be/ |
barbent /baʁb/ |
| imperfect | barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbait /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
barbiez /baʁ.bje/ |
barbaient /baʁ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | barbai /baʁ.be/ |
barbas /baʁ.ba/ |
barba /baʁ.ba/ |
barbâmes /baʁ.bam/ |
barbâtes /baʁ.bat/ |
barbèrent /baʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | barberai /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
barberas /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
barbera /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
barberons /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
barberez /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
barberont /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberait /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberions /baʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
barberiez /baʁ.bə.ʁje/ |
barberaient /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | barbe /baʁb/ |
barbes /baʁb/ |
barbe /baʁb/ |
barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
barbiez /baʁ.bje/ |
barbent /baʁb/ |
| imperfect2 | barbasse /baʁ.bas/ |
barbasses /baʁ.bas/ |
barbât /baʁ.ba/ |
barbassions /baʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
barbassiez /baʁ.ba.sje/ |
barbassent /baʁ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | barbe /baʁb/ |
— | barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ |
barbez /baʁ.be/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Further reading
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English barber, Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
Noun
barber
- (colloquial) barber (a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
- Synonyms: tukang cukur, pemangkas rambut
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
barber
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English barber. Doublet of balwierz.
Pronunciation
Noun
barber m pers (female equivalent barberka)
- barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)
Declension
Declension of barber
Related terms
adjective
noun