bar

See also Appendix:Variations of "bar"

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɑː/, SAMPA: /bA:/
• (US) enPR: bär, IPA: /bɑɹ/, SAMPA: /bAr/

• Audio (US)

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre

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 alloy, to physically discourage 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 diacritical mark that consists of a line drawn through a grapheme. (For example, turning A into Ⱥ.)
6. A business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
7. The counter of such a premises.

   Step up to the bar and order a drink.

8. A similar device or simply a closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room.
9. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
10. (computing, whimsical, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.

    Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

11. (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay
12. (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.

13. (law, "the Bar") A collective term for lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
14. (law, loosely, "the Bar") The legal profession of lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
15. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
16. (music) One of those musical sections.
17. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault
18. (soccer) The crossbar
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

      Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.

19. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
20. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act
21. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
22. (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).
23. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.
24. A generic unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone.

    There were no bars so I didn't get your text.

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

Derived terms

derived terms

admitted to the bar anti-roll bar at the bar bar billiards bar chart bar code Bar Council barfly barful bar graph bar iron barkeep barkeeper barline bar lunch bar magnet barmaid barman bar meal bar of chocolate bar of soap

bar parlour barperson bar room barring barrister bar sinister bar steward bartender bar wood bastard bar behind bars behind the bar bus bar buttery bar called to the bar called within the bar cash bar chocolate bar coffee bar colour bar crowbar crush bar debar disbar, disbarment

double bar dragbar drawbar embar fire bar five bar full bar gay bar handlebar horizontal bar hosted bar inner bar juice bar kangaroo bar karaoke bar lounge bar luncheon bar milk bar minibar no host bar open bar outer bar parallel bars public bar raise the bar rebar rollbar

roo bar saddle bar saloon bar sandbar sidebar singles bar snack bar space bar splinter bar T-bar toll bar tommy bar toolbar torsion bar towbar unbar wet bar window bar wine bar wire bar

Translations

solid object with uniform cross-section

Bulgarian: пръчка (bg) Dutch: stang (nl) m., staaf (nl) f., baar (nl) f., blok (nl) n. Esperanto: stango (eo) Finnish: palkki (fi), tanko (fi) French: barre (fr) f. German: Block (de) m., Barren (de) m., Stange (de) f. Greek: ράβδος (el) (ravdos) f., πλάκα (el) (plaka) n., πλακίδιο (el) (plakidio) n., κομμάτι (el) (komati) n. Hungarian: rúd (hu)

Icelandic: stöng (is) f. Interlingua: barra Portuguese: barra (pt) f. Serbian: т\озиб (sr) (ozib) m. Slovene: drog (sl) m. Spanish: barra (es) f. Swedish: ribba (sv) Telugu: కడ్డీ (te) (kaDDee)

metallurgy: solid object of round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular section

Dutch: staaf (nl) f., baar (nl) f., stang (nl) m. Finnish: palkki (fi), tanko (fi) German: Barren (de) m. Greek: ράβδος (el) (ravdos) f.

Interlingua: barra Portuguese: barra (pt) f. Spanish: barra (es) f.

cuboid piece of any commodity

Dutch: blok (nl) n., stuk (nl) n., reep (nl) f. (chocolate) Finnish: patukka (fi) (chocolate, candy), pala (fi) (soap, etc.), harkko (fi) (metal, concrete)

German: Block (de) m., Stück (de) n. (of soap), Tafel (de) f. (of chocolate) Greek: ράβδος (el) (ravdos) f., πλάκα (el) (plaka) n., πλακίδιο (el) (plakidio) n. Norwegian: -bar (no) m.

long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder

Bulgarian: ивица (bg) Dutch: blok (nl) n. Finnish: pylväs (fi), palkki (fi), viiva (fi)

German: Balken (de) m., Strich (de) m., Streifen (de) m. Scottish Gaelic: bàr (gd) m.

business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages

Arabic: خانة (ar) (khaana) f., بار (ar) (bar) m. Armenian: բար (hy) (bar) Bulgarian: бар (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 酒吧 (zh) (jiǔbā) Czech: bar (cs) m. Dutch: bar (nl) m., café (nl) n., taveerne (nl) m. Estonian: baar (et) Finnish: baari (fi), kapakka (fi) (colloquial), anniskelupaikka (fi) (law) French: bar (fr) m. German: Bar (de) f., Kneipe (de) f., Austrian: Beisl (de) n. Greek: μπαρ (el) (bar) n., καπηλειό (el) (kapilio) n., ποτοπωλείο (el) (potopolio) n. Hebrew: באר (he) (bar) m.

Icelandic: bar (is) m., krá (is) f. Interlingua: bar Italian: bar (it) m. Japanese: バー (ja) (bā), 居酒屋 (ja) (いざかや , izakaya), パブ (ja) (pabu) Korean: 술집 (ko) (suljip) Latin: oecus potorius (la) m. Lojban: barja (jbo) Portuguese: bar (pt) m. Russian: бар (ru) (bar) m., пивная (ru) (pivnája) f., кабак (ru) (kabák) m. Scottish Gaelic: bàr (gd) m. Spanish: bar (es) m. Swedish: bar (sv) c., pub (sv) c., krog (sv) c. Turkish: bar (tr), meyhane (tr)

counter of such a premises

Armenian: բար (hy) (bar) Bulgarian: бар (bg) Dutch: bar (nl) m., toog (nl) m., tapkast (nl) f. Esperanto: bufedo (eo) Finnish: baaritiski (fi), baari (fi), tiski (fi) French: comptoir (fr) m., zinc (fr) m. (informal)

German: Bar (de) f., Theke (de) f., Tresen (de) m. Icelandic: bar (is) m. Russian: бар (ru) (bar) Scottish Gaelic: bàr (gd) m. Swedish: bar (sv) c.

closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room

Armenian: բար (hy) (bar) Dutch: bar (nl) m. Estonian: baarikapp (et) Finnish: baarikaappi (fi) German: Bar (de) f.

Greek: μπαρ (el) (bar) n., μπαράκι (el) (baraki) n. Russian: бар (ru) (bar) m. Scottish Gaelic: bàr (gd) m. Swedish: bar (sv) c.

official order prohibiting some activity

Dutch: verbod (nl) n., ban (nl) Esperanto: malpermeso, prohibicio Finnish: kielto (fi) German: Verbot (de) n.

Interlingua: prohibition Portuguese: proibição (pt) f. Swedish: förbud (sv) n.

computing: a second entity following foo

Finnish: bee (fi)

collective term for lawyers

Bulgarian: адвокатура (bg) Dutch: advocatuur (nl), balie (nl)

Finnish: lakimieskunta (fi) Greek: δικηγόροι (el) (dikigori) m. pl.

profession of lawyers

Dutch: advocatuur (nl), orde van advocaten (nl) f. Finnish: lakimieskunta (fi)

Greek: δικηγορία (el) (dikigoria) f., ποινικολογία (el) (pinikologia) f. Latin: forum (la) n.

music: vertical line across a staff

Bulgarian: тактова черта (bg) Dutch: maatstreep (nl) f. Finnish: tahtiviiva (fi) German: Taktstrich (de) m.

Greek: διαστολή (el) (diastolí) f. Icelandic: taktstrik (is) n. Swedish: taktstreck (sv) n.

music: section of a staff

Dutch: maat (nl) m. Finnish: tahti (fi) French: mesure (fr) f.

German: Takt (de) m. Icelandic: taktur (is) m. Swedish: takt (sv) c.

soccer: crossbar — see crossbar

nautical: sand formation

Dutch: zandbank (nl) f. Finnish: särkkä (fi) German: Sandbank (de) f.

Italian: barra (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: bàr (gd) m.

heraldry: one of the ordinaries — see fess

sports: in high jump and pole vault

Finnish: rima (fi) Icelandic: slá (is) f.

Italian: asticella (it) f. Swedish: ribba (sv) c.

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Basque: taberna (eu), ardandegi (eu) (5)

See also

• (heraldry): Ordinary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ordinary (heraldry)

Verb

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).
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     "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."

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• outbar
• unbar

Translations

to obstruct the passage of

Bulgarian: преграждам (bg), препречвам (bg) Dutch: blokkeren (nl), versperren (nl) Esperanto: bloki Finnish: estää (fi), tukkia (fi), sulkea (fi) French: bloquer (fr) German: blockieren (de), versperren (de) Hungarian: keresztbetesz, útját állja (hu)

Interlingua: barrar Portuguese: barrar (pt) Romanian: bara (ro) Simplified Chinese: 阻碍, 阻止 Swedish: utesluta (sv), avlysa (sv) Turkish: önünü kesmek (tr), sürgülemek (tr), yasaklamak (tr)

to prohibit

Bulgarian: изключвам (bg), отстранявам (bg) Dutch: verbieden (nl) Esperanto: malpermesi Finnish: estää (fi), kieltää (fi) French: interdire (fr) German: verbieten (de)

Interlingua: prohibir Italian: vietare (it) Portuguese: proibir (pt) Simplified Chinese: 禁止 Swedish: utesluta (sv) Turkish: yasaklamak (tr)

to lock or bolt with a bar

Bulgarian: пускам резе (bg) Dutch: blokkeren (nl), barreren (nl), vergrendelen (nl), versperren (nl) Esperanto: bari (eo) Finnish: salvata (fi), teljetä (fi)

French: barrer (fr) German: versperren (de) Simplified Chinese: 闩上 Turkish: sürgülemek (tr)

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Spanish: barrar (es)

Preposition

bar

1. Except, with the exception of.

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• bar none
• all over bar the shouting

Translations

with the exception of — see except

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Wikipedia

Noun

bar (plural bars)

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

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

Translations

unit of pressure

Bulgarian: бар (bg) Danish: bar (da) c. Dutch: bar (nl) Faroese: bar (fo) n. Finnish: baari (fi) French: bar (fr) m.

German: Bar (de) n. Icelandic: bar (is) n. Norwegian: bar (no) m. Slovak: bar (sk) m., bary (sk) pl. Slovak: bar (sk) m. Swedish: bar (sv) c.

Anagrams

• ABR
• ARB
• bra

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Afar

Noun

bar

1. night

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Albanian

Noun

bar m.

1. The plant grass

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Czech

Noun

bar m.

1. A bar (business selling beverages)

Derived terms

• barový m.

Related terms

• barman m.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō.

Verb

bar

1. to drink

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baːr/, [b̥ɑːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berr (“bare”). Compare Old English bær.

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, definite and plural bare)

1. bare, naked
2. sheer, pure

Etymology 2

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)

Inflection

    Inflection of bar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bar	baren	barer	barerne
genitive	bars	barens	barers	barernes

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (baros, “weight”)

Noun

bar c. (plural indefinite bar)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Etymology 4

See bære (“to bear, carry”).

Verb

bar

1. past of bære

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑr

Etymology 1

From English bar

Noun

bar m. (plural bars, diminutive barretje)

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

Derived terms

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

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.

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

Declension

Declension of bar

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		bar	barder
neuter singular	indefinite	bar	barder
	definite	barre	bardere	barste	het barst(e)
common singular		barre	bardere	barste	de barste
plural		barre	bardere	barste	de barste
partitive		bars	barders

Adverb

bar

1. extremely (only in a negative sense)

Etymology 3

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

Wikipedia

Noun

bar (plural bars)

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

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

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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Faroese

Verb

bar

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

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

• hetta bar ikki til - this wasn’t possible

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baːʁ/

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Noun

bar m. (plural bars)

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

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bar

1. bare

Adverb

bar

1. in cash
2. pure

Preposition

bar

1. without

Synonyms

• ohne

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Gothic

Romanization

bar

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From English bar (1), from Old French barre.

Noun

bar m. (genitive singular bars, 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

declension of bar

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	barinn	barir	barirnir
accusative	bar	barinn	bari	barina
dative	bar	barnum	börum	börunum
genitive	bars	barsins	bara	baranna

Etymology 2

From English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar n. (genitive singular bars, plural bör)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

declension of bar

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	barið	bör	börin
accusative	bar	barið	bör	börin
dative	bari	barinu	börum	börunum
genitive	bars	barsins	bara	baranna

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

bar m. inv.

1. bar (place serving drinks)

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

2. café

Derived terms

• barista

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Kurdish

Noun

bar m.

1. burden (a heavy load)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at burden. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see bar in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2009

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baizaz.

Noun

bār m.

1. A boar

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old Norse berr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bar/, SAMPA: /bar/

Adjective

bar

1. bare

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bar/

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Etymology 1

From English bar

Noun

bar m.

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

Declension

    declension of bar

	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bary
genitive	baru	barów
dative	barowi	barom
accusative	bar	bary
instrumental	barem	barami
locative	barze	barach
vocative	barze	bary

Derived terms

• barowy, barman

Etymology 2

From Latin barium

Noun

bar m.

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

Declension

#1	#2
Singular only Nominative bar Genitive baru Dative barowi Accusative bar Instrumental barem Locative barze Vocative barze	declension of bar singular plural nominative bar bary genitive bara barów dative barowi barom accusative bar bary instrumental barem barami locative barze barach vocative barze bary

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From English bar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /baɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA: /baɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /baɻ/
• (Carioca) IPA: /baχ/
• (Nordestino) IPA: /bah/

Noun

bar m. (plural bares)

1. A pub (public house)

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Romani

Noun

bar f. (plural bara)

1. A garden
2. A fence

bar m. (plural bar)

1. stone

Derived terms

• barari
• pedongi bar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English bar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m. (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. public house, bar

Declension

    declension of bar

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃr	bȁrovi
genitive	bara	bara
dative	baru	barima
accusative	bar	bare
vocative	bare	bari
locative	baru	barima
instrumental	barom	barima

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m. (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

    declension of bar

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃr	bȃri
genitive	bara	barova
dative	baru	barovima
accusative	bar	barove
vocative	baru	barovi
locative	baru	barovima
instrumental	barom	barovima

Etymology 3

Shortened from bàrem

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bâr/

Adverb

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

1. at least

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Spanish

Etymology

From English bar.

Noun

bar m. (plural bares)

1. Bar, pub

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bar (Old Norse berr). Cognate with English bare. See Old English bær.

Adjective

bar

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

Declension

Declension of bar

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

Etymology 2

See bära.

Verb

bar

1. past tense of bära.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar c.

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

Declension

Declension of bar

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	baren	barer	barerna
genitive	bars	barens	barers	barernas

Etymology 4

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

Noun

bar c.

1. A bar; a unit of pressure

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Turkish

Etymology

From Armenian պար (par, “dance”).

Noun

bar

1. (dialectal) dance, round dance

References

• “պար” in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971-79
• “bar” in Türk Dil Kurumu