barn
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)n
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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.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang) Short for barnacle, A barn is a person who latches on to another person (called the hull) and thinks he or she is somehow better because of his or her association with the hull.
- (dialectal, parts of Northern England) A child (from Old Norse), (= bairn).
- (informal, Canadian, ice hockey) An arena.
- Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
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Terms derived from "barn"
[edit] Translations
building
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[edit] Breton
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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)
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Inflection of “barn”
[edit] Faroese
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barn n.
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| 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] Icelandic
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barn n. (genitive singular barns, plural börn)
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| n-s | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | barn | barnið | börn | börnin |
| Accusative | barn | barnið | börn | börnin |
| Dative | barni | barninu | börnum | börnunum |
| Genitive | barns | barnsins | barna | barnanna |
[edit] Derived terms
- smábarn
- brjóstbarn
- undrabarn
- ungabarn
- ungbarn
- barnalegur
- barnalæknir
- brennt barn forðast eldinn
- barnshafandi
[edit] Norwegian
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barn
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of barn
[edit] Swedish
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[edit] Noun
| Inflection for barn | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | barn | barnet | barn | barnen |
| Genitive | barns | barnets | barns | barnens |
barn, n.
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[edit] Noun
barn
- (uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics
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