barra

English

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Noun

barra (plural barras)

1. (Geordie) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.

Related terms

• barra boy (Geordie)

Etymology 2

Clipping of barramundi

Noun

barra (plural barras)

1. (Australia) A barramundi.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 281:

     ‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈra/,
• Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Noun

barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)

1. (Southern dialects) woman
2. (Southern dialects) wife

Declension

Synonyms

• agboytá (Northern dialects)

Derived terms

• (diminutives): barraytó, barráytu (“wimp, weak person”) (all dialects)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “barra”, 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)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barra f (plural barres)

1. bar (metal item)

   barra fixa ― high bar

   barra d'eines ― toolbar

2. bar counter, wet bar
3. barbell
4. (ballet) bar
5. loaf (of bread)

   barra de pa ― baguette

6. bar (of chocolate)
7. (anatomy) jawbone, mandible
8. (figurative) cheek, impudence, audacity

   tenir barra ― to have a nerve

9. (heraldry) bend sinister

Derived terms

Further reading

• “barra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “barra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “barra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

1. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa/

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Verb

barra

1. third-person singular past historic of barrer

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara̝/

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“top, summit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“point”). Cognate with Irish barr (“top, tip, summit”).

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. loft or platform, usually inside the house or the stables, used for storing items
2. attic
3. vine arbour
   • 1424, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 292:

     a mitade do noso lagar con sua casa et barra et entradas et seidas

     half our winery with its house, its vine arbour, entries and exits

Derived terms

• barrela (“lumberroom”)

Related terms

• combarro (“garner; penthouse”)

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin barra, perhaps from Gaulish.

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. sandbank

   Synonyms: banco de area, restinga, taro

2. bar
3. (iron) rod
4. slash ("/" symbol)
5. (heraldry) bend sinister

References

• “barra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “barra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “barra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “barra 'parra'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “barra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “barra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

1. bar
2. (geography) (sand)bar
3. (law) bar
4. (music) bar
5. (sewing) tack

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

1. Alternative form of bara (“barrow”)

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

barra m

1. inflection of barr:
   1. variant genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “barra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “barra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: bàr‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Noun

barra f (plural barre)

1. rod, bar, slat
2. helm, tiller
3. stroke, slash ('/' symbol)
4. tray (computer)
5. (zoology, horse anatomy) bar (inward folds of the wall of a horse hoof)

Derived terms

See also

• zoccolo
• fettone
• muraglia
• suola

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

1. inflection of barrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• barra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran, “outside”). Compare Egyptian Arabic برا (barra) and the same in many or most dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra

Adverb

barra

1. out, outside, outdoors
2. abroad

Preposition

barra

1. outside (of)
2. except

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʀa/
• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Homophone: varra (Porto)
• Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

barra

Wikipedia ^pt

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar.

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. bar (solid object with uniform cross-section)
2. bar, ingot
3. cuff (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
4. (typography) slash
5. (heraldry) bend sinister
6. (sports) crossbar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:barra.

Derived terms

• barrar
• barra oblíqua
• barra pesada

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

1. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of barrir

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparˠə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra m

1. spike
2. bar
3. Court of Justice
4. sandbank

Derived terms

• barra-mhìslein m (“common bird's foot trefoil”)

Etymology 2

Noun

barra m

1. genitive singular of bàrr

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “barra”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya balla and Kambaata bara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾːa/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Noun

barra m 

1. day
2. time

Verb

barra

1. (intransitive) to be late

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “barra”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ba‧rra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
2. bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
3. (typography) bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in ¹⁄₂))

   Synonyms: (|) barra vertical, (¹⁄₂) barra de fracción

4. slash ("/" symbol)

   Synonyms: barra inclinada, barra oblicua

5. (computing, rare, proscribed) backslash ("\" symbol)

   Synonyms: barra invertida, barra inversa

6. (heraldry) bend sinister
7. (exercise, weightlifting) barbell

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

1. inflection of barrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

barr (“needle”) +‎ -a

Verb

barra (present barrar, preterite barrade, supine barrat, imperative barra)

1. (of a conifer, especially a Christmas tree) to drop one's needles

   Vår gran barrar så fort någon petar på den.

   Our Christmas tree sheds its needles as soon as someone pokes it.

Conjugation

Related terms

• barr
• barrning