barre

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See also barré, and barrë

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowing from French barre.

Noun [edit]

barre (plural barres)

  1. (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.

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Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowing from French barre (bar, ingot).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /barə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]

Noun [edit]

barre c (singular definite barren, plural indefinite barrer)

  1. ingot
  2. bar
  3. (gymnastics) parallel bars, uneven bars

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French [edit]

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Noun [edit]

barre f (plural barres)

  1. bar, cake, ingot
  2. stripe, dash, stroke, slash
  3. helm, tiller

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

barre f

  1. Plural form of barra

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Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Noun [edit]

barre f (plural barres)

  1. helm
  2. reef
  3. (cycling) crossbar

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Old French [edit]

Noun [edit]

barre f (oblique plural barres, nominative singular barre, nominative plural barres)

  1. bar (solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Elle a l'us clos et fermet a la barre.
      She shut the door and closed it using the bar

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Verb [edit]

barre (infinitive barrer)

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of barrer.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of barrer.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of barrer.