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English

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Etymology

From Middle English baroun, from Old French baron, from Latin barōnem, from Proto-West Germanic *barō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Old High German baro (“human being, man, freeman”), Old English bora (“a man who bears responsibility, one who is in charge, a ruler”), and perhaps to Old English beorn (“man, warrior”). Used in early Germanic law in the sense of "man, human being".

A Celtic origin has also been suggested; see the quote under sense 3 of Latin barō. However, the OED takes the hypothetical Proto-Celtic *bar- (“hero”) to be a figment.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron (plural barons, feminine baroness)

  1. The male ruler of a barony.
  2. A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
    Coordinate terms: don, duke, earl, lord, prince, baronet
  3. (by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
    Synonyms: magnate, tycoon; see also Thesaurus:important person
    • c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:
      There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist‎, volume 408, number 8848:
      British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
  4. (UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
    • 1960, Hugh J. Klare, Anatomy of Prison, page 33:
      The first thing a baron does is to accumulate a supply of tobacco. He spends every penny he can earn on laying it in […]
    • 1961, Peter Baker, Time out of life, page 51:
      Nevertheless, from my own agonies of the first few months, after which I did not miss smoking at all, I could appreciate the need of others. It was in this atmosphere of craving that the 'barons' thrived. Barons are prisoners who lend tobacco.
    • 1980, Leonard Michaels, Christopher Ricks, The State of the Language, page 525:
      In British prisons tobacco still remains the gold standard which is made to back every transaction and promise. The official allowance is barely sufficient for individual smoking needs, but tobacco may expensively be borrowed or bought from a baron, possibly through his runner.
  5. A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
  6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
  7. (law, obsolete) A husband.
    Coordinate term: wife
    baron and feme ― husband and wife

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  • "baron n.", Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989; first published in New English Dictionary, 1885.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian барон (baron).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ron

Noun

baron (definite accusative baronu, plural baronlar)

  1. baron

Declension

    Declension of baron
singular plural
nominative baron
 baronlar
definite accusative baronu
 baronları
dative barona
 baronlara
locative baronda
 baronlarda
ablative barondan
 baronlardan
definite genitive baronun
 baronların
    Possessive forms of baron
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronum baronlarım
sənin (“your”) baronun baronların
onun (“his/her/its”) baronu baronları
bizim (“our”) baronumuz baronlarımız
sizin (“your”) baronunuz baronlarınız
onların (“their”) baronu or baronları baronları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronumu baronlarımı
sənin (“your”) baronunu baronlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) baronunu baronlarını
bizim (“our”) baronumuzu baronlarımızı
sizin (“your”) baronunuzu baronlarınızı
onların (“their”) baronunu or baronlarını baronlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronuma baronlarıma
sənin (“your”) baronuna baronlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) baronuna baronlarına
bizim (“our”) baronumuza baronlarımıza
sizin (“your”) baronunuza baronlarınıza
onların (“their”) baronuna or baronlarına baronlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronumda baronlarımda
sənin (“your”) baronunda baronlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) baronunda baronlarında
bizim (“our”) baronumuzda baronlarımızda
sizin (“your”) baronunuzda baronlarınızda
onların (“their”) baronunda or baronlarında baronlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronumdan baronlarımdan
sənin (“your”) baronundan baronlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) baronundan baronlarından
bizim (“our”) baronumuzdan baronlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) baronunuzdan baronlarınızdan
onların (“their”) baronundan or baronlarından baronlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) baronumun baronlarımın
sənin (“your”) baronunun baronlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) baronunun baronlarının
bizim (“our”) baronumuzun baronlarımızın
sizin (“your”) baronunuzun baronlarınızın
onların (“their”) baronunun or baronlarının baronlarının

Further reading

  • “baron” in Obastan.com.

Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse barún, from Old French baron.

Noun

baron c (singular definite baronen, plural indefinite baroner)

  1. baron (a nobleman, in Denmark since 1849 without privileges)

Inflection

Declension of baron
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baron baronen baroner baronerne
genitive barons baronens baroners baronernes

Derived terms

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References

Dutch

Etymology

Readjustment from earlier baroen through modern French influence, from Middle Dutch baroen, from Old French baron.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron m (plural baronnen, diminutive baronnetje n, feminine barones)

  1. baron, a specific aristocratic title
  2. a magnate, especially a wealthy and influential (industrial) entrepreneur

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: baron
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (baron)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

baron

  1. accusative singular of baro

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French baron, from Old French baron, from Latin barōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron m (plural barons, feminine baronne)

  1. baron, lord, noble landowner

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch baron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ron

Noun

baron (first-person possessive baronku, second-person possessive baronmu, third-person possessive baronnya)

  1. baron: the male ruler of a barony; a title for European noblemen.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

baron

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

baron

  1. Alternative form of bareyne

Etymology 2

Noun

baron

  1. Alternative form of baroun

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French baron.

Noun

baron m (plural barons)

  1. baron (nobleman)

Descendants

Norman

Noun

baron m (plural barons)

  1. Alternative form of bâron

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse barún, from Old French baron.

Noun

baron m (definite singular baronen, indefinite plural baroner, definite plural baronene)

  1. a baron

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse barún, from Old French baron.

Noun

baron m (definite singular baronen, indefinite plural baronar, definite plural baronane)

  1. a baron

Related terms

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

Verb

baron

  1. to reveal, to make public

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “baron”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin barōnem.

The nominative singular ber is a regular outcome of the Latin nominative barō.

Noun

baron oblique singular, m (oblique plural barons, nominative singular ber, nominative plural baron)

  1. baron (title of nobility)
  2. husband
    Synonym: mari

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin barōnem.

Noun

baron m (plural barões)

  1. man (adult male human)
    Synonym: home
    • 13th c, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros Municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, page 699:
      aquel pecado escumungado que fazen os barones unos con outros
      that excommunicated sin that men do with one another
    • c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 814:
      ca esta (he) muy boa et nobre rreyna dona Berĩguela co[m] tamana aguça gardou sempre este fillo et llj meteu no curaçõ feyto de obras de piedade de ome barõ, mãçebo et nino, et todo linagẽ de omes -esto he barõ et moller-
      because this very noble and excellent queen, Lady Berenguela, with great care protected her son and put in his heart acts of piety of adult man, young man and boy, and of all the lineage of men - that is, man and woman -

Descendants

Further reading

  • “baron” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “baron” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin barōnem. Sense 3 taken from the Old French cognate baron. Coromines considers the more general sense 2, which is attested earlier, to be indigenous.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron m

  1. man
    • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 6r
      Los de ysmael vendieron a ioseph a furtifar el egypcio de pharaon conestable. en essa ora, exio iuda asos ermanos e vna mugier, fija de un baron de Canaan
      The people of Ishmael sold Joseph to Potiphar the Egyptian Pharaoh's Constable. At that time, Juda departed to his brothers and a woman, the daughter of a man of Canaan.
  2. nobleman
  3. baron

Descendants

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French baron.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron m pers (female equivalent baronessa, diminutive baronek)

  1. (historical) baron, lord (the male ruler of a barony)

Noun

baron m pers

  1. (figuratively) baron, lord (a person of great power in society, especially in business and politics)
    Synonym: potentat

Declension

Declension of baron
singular plural
nominative baron baronowie/baroni
genitive barona baronów
dative baronowi baronom
accusative barona baronów
instrumental baronem baronami
locative baronie baronach
vocative baronie baronowie/baroni

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • baron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • baron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baron.

Noun

baron m (plural baroni)

  1. baron

Declension

Declension of baron
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) baron baronul (niște) baroni baronii
genitive/dative (unui) baron baronului (unor) baroni baronilor
vocative baronule baronilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from Old French baron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎroːn/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ron

Noun

bàrōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ро̄н)

  1. baron (title of nobility)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French baron.

Pronunciation

Noun

baron c (feminine: baronessa)

  1. a baron, a ruler of a barony

Declension

Declension of baron 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative baron baronen baroner baronerna
Genitive barons baronens baroners baronernas

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɾon/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ron

Noun

barón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. baron (title of nobility)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بارون (baron), from French baron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɾon/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ron

Noun

baron (definite accusative baronu, plural baronlar)

  1. baron (title of nobility in Europe between knight and viscount)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative baron
Definite accusative baronu
Singular Plural
Nominative baron baronlar
Definite accusative baronu baronları
Dative barona baronlara
Locative baronda baronlarda
Ablative barondan baronlardan
Genitive baronun baronların
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular baronum baronlarım
2nd singular baronsun baronlarsın
3rd singular baron
barondur 		baronlar
baronlardır
1st plural baronuz baronlarız
2nd plural baronsunuz baronlarsınız
3rd plural baronlar baronlardır

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baron”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian барон (baron).

Noun

baron (plural baronlar)

  1. baron

Declension

Declension of baron
singular plural
nominative baron baronlar
genitive baronning baronlarning
dative baronga baronlarga
definite accusative baronni baronlarni
locative baronda baronlarda
ablative barondan baronlardan
Possessive forms of baron
my singular plural
nominative baronim baronlarim
genitive baronimning baronlarimning
dative baronimga baronlarimga
definite accusative baronimni baronlarimni
locative baronimda baronlarimda
ablative baronimdan baronlarimdan
your singular plural
nominative baroning baronlaring
genitive baroningning baronlaringning
dative baroningga baronlaringga
definite accusative baroningni baronlaringni
locative baroningda baronlaringda
ablative baroningdan baronlaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative baroni baronlari
genitive baronining baronlarining
dative baroniga baronlariga
definite accusative baronini baronlarini
locative baronida baronlarida
ablative baronidan baronlaridan
our singular plural
nominative baronimiz baronlarimiz
genitive baronimizning baronlarimizning
dative baronimizga baronlarimizga
definite accusative baronimizni baronlarimizni
locative baronimizda baronlarimizda
ablative baronimizdan baronlarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative baroningiz baronlaringiz
genitive baroningizning baronlaringizning
dative baroningizga baronlaringizga
definite accusative baroningizni baronlaringizni
locative baroningizda baronlaringizda
ablative baroningizdan baronlaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative baroni baronlari
genitive baronining baronlarining
dative baroniga baronlariga
definite accusative baronini baronlarini
locative baronida baronlarida
ablative baronidan baronlaridan
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