barn

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[edit] English

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A barn (farm building) in Lithuania

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: bärn, IPA: /bɑrn/, SAMPA: /bArn/
- (Australia, Boston) IPA: [baːn], SAMPA: [ba:n]
- (NY) IPA: [bɒən], SAMPA: [bQ@n]
- (New Zealand) IPA: [bɐːn], SAMPA: [b6:n]
- (UK) IPA: [bɑː(ɹ)n], SAMPA: [bA:(r)n]
- (US) IPA: [bɑɹn], SAMPA: [bAr\n]
Rhymes: -ɑː(r)n

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn 'barn, granary', compound of bere 'barley' and ærn, ræn 'dwelling, barn', from Proto-Germanic *raznan (cf. Old High German erin, Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- 'to rest'. More at rest and barley.

[edit] Noun

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Barn (farm)

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Barn (unit)

Wikipedia barn (plural barns)

(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10^-28 square metres.
(informal, Canada, ice hockey) An arena.

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from "barn"

[edit] Translations

building

Armenian: (for cattle) գոմ (hy) (gom), (for sheep) փարախ (hy) (p’arax), (for horses) ախոռ (hy) (axoṙ)
Bulgarian: хамбар (bg), плевня (bg)
Crimean Tatar: anbar
Croatian: štagalj (hr) m.
Czech: stodola (cs) f.
Danish: lade (da) c. (for storage), stald (da) c. (for animals)
Esperanto: garbejo (eo)
Estonian: rehi (et)
Finnish: lato (storage), aitta (storage), karjasuoja (fi) (for animals)
French: grange (fr) f., fenil (fr) m.
German: Scheune (de) f., Stall (de) m., Schuppen (de) m.
Greek: (storage) αχυρώνας (el) (achyrónas) m.
Hungarian: csűr (hu), pajta (hu), istálló (hu)
Icelandic: hlaða (is) f.

Latvian: klēts (lv)
Luxembourgish: Scheier (lb) f.
Norwegian: låve (no) m.
Polish: stodoła (pl) f.
Portuguese: celeiro (pt)
Russian: овин (ru) (ovín) m., амбар (ru) (ambár) m., сарай (ru) (saráj) m.
Scottish Gaelic: sabhal (gd) m.
Slovak: stodola (sk) f.
Slovene: hlev (sl) m., štala (sl) f.
Spanish: granero (es) m. (barn for corps), establo (es) m. (barn for livestock), galpón (es) m.
Swedish: ladugård (sv) c., lagård (sv) c. (colloquial), lada (sv) c. (storage)
Turkish: ahır (tr)
Volapük: lecek (vo), (horse) jevodalecek (vo), (cattle) veteralecek (vo)

unit

Greek: μπαρν (el) (barn) n.
Polish: barn (pl) m.

Swedish: barn (sv)

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Albanian: plevicë f.
Serbo-Croatian: ambar m.
Italian: stalla f. (1), barn (2), granaio (4)?, baracca (5)?

Japanese: 納屋(なや, naya)(1)
Romanian: hambar f. and m.
Slovene: skedenj m., gumno n.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, prodigy”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). More at bairn.

[edit] Noun

barn (plural barns)

(dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.

[edit] Synonyms

(child): bairn

[edit] Translations

dialect: child

[edit] Anagrams

bran
NRAB

[edit] Breton

[edit] Verb

barn

to judge

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse barn (“child”).

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /barn/, [b̥ɑːˀn]

[edit] Noun

barn n. (singular definite barnet, plural indefinite børn)

child

[edit] Usage notes

In compounds: barn-, barne-, barns-, børne- or -barn (-barnet, -børn, -børnene).

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Related terms

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Inflection of barn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	barn	barnet	børn	børnene
genitive	barns	barnets	børns	børnenes

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barnan.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈpatn]

Rhymes: -atn

[edit] Noun

barn n.

child

[edit] Declension

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	barn	barnið	børn	børnini
Accusative	barn	barnið	børn	børnini
Dative	barni	barninum	børnum	børnunum
Genitive	barns	barnsins	barna	barnanna

[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

barn

Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barnan.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈpartn], IPA: [ˈpatn] (colloquial), IPA: [ˈparn] (Southeast dialect)

Rhymes: -artn

[edit] Noun

barn n. (genitive singular barns, plural börn)

a child

[edit] Declension

declension of barn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	barn	barnið	börn	börnin
accusative	barn	barnið	börn	börnin
dative	barni	barninu	börnum	börnunum
genitive	barns	barnsins	barna	barnanna

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

barn

child

[edit] Inflection

Inflection of barn

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	barn	barnet	barn	barna/barnene
Nynorsk n	barn	barnet	born	borna [borni]
Nynorsk n	barn	barnet	barn	barna [barni]

[edit] Old Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse barn.

[edit] Noun

barn n.

child

[edit] Declension

Declension of barn (a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	barn	barnit	barn	barnin
accusative	barn	barnit	barn	barnin
dative	barni	barninom	barnom	barnomom
genitive	barns	barnsins	barna	barnanna

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Swedish: barn

[edit] Polish

[edit] Noun

barn m.

barn (unit)

[edit] Declension

declension of barn

	singular	plural
nominative	barn	barny
genitive	barnu	barnów
dative	barnowi	barnom
accusative	barn	barny
instrumental	barnem	barnami
locative	barnie	barnach
vocative	barnie	barny

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /bɑːɳ/
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[edit] Noun

barn n.

a child
(uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics

[edit] Declension

Declension of barn

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	barn	barnet	barn	barnen
genitive	barns	barnets	barns	barnens

[edit] Synonyms

unge

[edit] See also

barn

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