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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.2.3 Preposition 1.2.3.1 Synonyms 1.2.3.2 Derived terms 1.2.3.3 Translations 1.2.4 References 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Related terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Noun 4 Czech 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Derived terms 4.1.2 Related terms 5 Danish 5.1 Adjective 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Inflection 5.3 Noun 5.4 Verb 6 Dutch 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Noun 6.1.1.1 Derived terms 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Adjective 6.2.1.1 Alternative forms 6.2.2 Adverb 6.3 Etymology 3 6.3.1 Noun 6.3.1.1 Derived terms 6.3.1.2 Related terms 6.4 References 7 Faroese 7.1 Verb 7.1.1 Derived terms 8 French 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 9 German 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Adverb 10 Icelandic 10.1 Noun 11 Italian 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Derived terms 12 Old English 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 13 Old High German 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Adjective 14 Polish 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Noun 15 Portuguese 15.1 Noun 16 Romani 16.1 Noun 16.1.1 Derived terms 17 Spanish 17.1 Noun 18 Swedish 18.1 Pronunciation 18.2 Etymology 1 18.2.1 Adjective 18.3 Etymology 2 18.3.1 Verb 18.4 Etymology 3 18.4.1 Noun 18.5 Etymology 4 18.5.1 Noun 18.6 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /bɑː/, SAMPA: /bA:/
• (US) enPR: bär, IPA: /bɑr/, SAMPA: /bAr/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

• Homophones: baa, bah (in some pronunciations)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre

[edit] Noun

bar (plural bars)

1. A solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
2. (metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater (US), a piece of thinner material being called a strip.

   Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloi, to physically disencourage the use of money

3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

   bar of chocolate

   bar of soap

4. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
5. A business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
6. The counter of such a premises
7. A similar device or simply a closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room.
8. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
9. (computing, whimsical, derived from fubar) Used to stand for some unspecified entity, usually a second entity following foo.

   Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar

10. (British, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay
11. (law, "the Bar") Short for the Bar exam, the legal licensing exam.

    He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.

12. (British, law, "the Bar") A collective term for barristers.
13. (British, law, loosely, "the Bar") The legal profession of barristers.
14. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
15. (music) One of those musical sections.
16. (soccer) The crossbar
17. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
18. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act
19. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
20. (nautical) 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).
21. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.

    See wikipedia article on the topic: Ordinary (heraldry)

22. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault

[edit] Synonyms

• (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages): barroom, ginshop, pub (British), public house, tavern
• (official order prohibiting some activity): ban, prohibition
• (section of a staff, in music): measure
• See also Wikisaurus:pub

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[edit] Verb

to bar (third-person singular simple present bars, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

1. (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
2. (transitive) To prohibit.

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

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

   bar the door

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

• outbar
• unbar

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[edit] Preposition

bar

1. Except, with the exception of.

   He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.

[edit] Synonyms

• apart from, barring, except, except for, excluding, other than, save

[edit] Derived terms

• bar none
• all over bar the shouting

[edit] Translations

See except

[edit] References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

[edit] Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βάρος (baros), “‘weight’”), coined c. 1900.

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[edit] Noun

bar (plural bars)

1. A unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals.

[edit] Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

[edit] Related terms

• isobar

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Albanian

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bar m.

1. The plant grass

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[edit] Croatian

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bar m. sg.

1. A public house

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bar m.

1. A bar (business selling beverages)

[edit] Derived terms

• barový m.

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• barman m.

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bar (neuter bart, definite and plural bare)

1. bare, naked
2. sheer, pure

[edit] Noun

bar c. (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

1. bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Noun

bar c. (plural bar)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

[edit] Verb

bar

1. Past of bære.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

From English bar

[edit] Noun

bar m. (plural bars, diminutive barretje)

1. A bar, counter, drink cabinet
2. A bar, pub

[edit] Derived terms

• bardame, barjuffrouw, barmeid, barmeisje f.
• barkelner, barman m.
• barkruk f. or m.

[edit] Etymology 2

cognate with English barren This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

[edit] Adjective

bar, barre (comparative barder, bardere; superlative barst, barste)

1. harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (cold), or omstandigheden (conditions))
2. barren, inhospitable, bare
3. crude, grim, unfriendly

[edit] Alternative forms

• barre

[edit] Adverb

bar

1. extremely (only in a negative sense)

[edit] Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (baros), “‘weight’”), coined c. 1900.

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[edit] Noun

bar (plural bars)

1. A unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals.

[edit] Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

[edit] Related terms

• isobar

[edit] References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Verb

bera, v-54
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	beri	bert	ber	bera
Past	bar	bart	bar	bóru
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	ber !	—	berið !
Infinitive	bera
Pres. part.	berandi
Past part. a26	borin
Supine	borið

bar

1. he, it bore, carried; 1st and 3rd person singular past tense form of bera (to bear, to carry)

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• hetta bar ikki til - this wasn’t possible

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /baːʁ/
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[edit] Noun

bar m. (plural bars)

1. A bar (establishment)
2. A bar (counter)
3. A bass (fish)

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[edit] German

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[edit] Adverb

bar

1. in cash
2. pure

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[edit] Icelandic

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bar m. (bar-s, bar-ir)

1. A bar

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English

[edit] Noun

bar m. inv.

1. bar (place serving drinks)

   C'è un bar qui vicino? - Is there a bar nearby?

2. café

[edit] Derived terms

• barista

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[edit] Old English

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Western Germanic *baira

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bār m.

1. A boar

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Common Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old Norse berr

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bar

1. bare

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

•  bar^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

bar m.

1. The chemical element barium

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[edit] Portuguese

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[edit] Noun

bar m.

1. A pub (public house)

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[edit] Romani

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bar f. (plural bara)

1. A garden
2. A fence

bar m. (plural bar)

1. stone

[edit] Derived terms

• barari
• pedongi bar

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

bar m. (plural bares)

1. A bar, pub

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bar (Old Norse berr). Cognate with English bare. See Old English bær.^[1]

[edit] Adjective

Inflections of bar		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	bar	barare		barast
	Neuter	bart
Definite singular	Masc.	bare		baraste
	All	bara		baraste
Plural		bara		baraste

bar

1. bare, uncovered; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)

[edit] Etymology 2

See bära.

[edit] Verb

bar

1. Past tense of bära.

[edit] Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bar.^[2]

[edit] Noun

Inflection for bar	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bar	baren	barer	barerna
Genitive	bars	barens	barers	barernas

bar c.

1. A bar, pub; place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served.
2. A (bar) counter

[edit] Etymology 4

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (baros), “‘weight’”).

[edit] Noun

bar c.

1. A bar; a unit of pressure

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Hellquist, Elof. "Svensk etymologisk ordbok (in Swedish)." URL accessed on 2009-06-09.
2. ^ Hellquist, Elof. "Svensk etymologisk ordbok (in Swedish)." URL accessed on 2009-06-09.