barn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 2 Breton 2.1 Verb 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 4 Faroese 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Icelandic 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Inflection 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Synonyms 7.2.2 See also 7.3 Noun

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)n

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barn (plural barns)

1. (agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
2. (nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10^-28 square metres.
3. (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.
4. (dialectal, parts of Northern England) A child (from Old Norse), (= bairn).
5. (informal, Canadian, ice hockey) An arena.

   Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

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• Wikipedia link on barns
• Wikipedia link on the barn

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[edit] Breton

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barn

1. to judge

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From Old Norse barn (“‘child’”).

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• IPA: /barn/, [b̥ɑːˀn]

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

1. child

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barn n.

1. child

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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

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[edit] Icelandic

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

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barn n. (genitive singular barns, plural börn)

1. child

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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

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• smábarn
• brjóstbarn
• undrabarn
• ungabarn
• ungbarn
• barnalegur
• barnalæknir
• brennt barn forðast eldinn
• barnshafandi

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barn

1. child

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• IPA: /bɑ:rn/
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Inflection for barn	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	barn	barnet	barn	barnen
Genitive	barns	barnets	barns	barnens

barn, n.

1. child

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• unge

[edit] See also

• spädbarn
• pojke
• flicka

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barn

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