barren
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French baraigne (“sterile, barren”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
barren (comparative barrener or more barren, superlative barrenest or most barren)
- (not comparable) unable to bear children; sterile
- I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
- of poor fertility, infertile
- bleak
- not productive
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
- Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
unable to bear children; sterile
infertile
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bleak
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Noun [edit]
barren (plural barrens)
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
Translations [edit]
area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place
Basque [edit]
Adjective [edit]
barren
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
barren (infinitive barrer)
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of barrer.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of barrer.
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
barren
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms with homophones
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English adjectives ending in -en
- Basque adjectives
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb plural forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Swedish noun forms
