barrir

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French barrire, from Late Latin barriō (to make the sound of an elephant), from Latin barrus (elephant).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʁiʁ/
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Verb[edit]

barrir

  1. to trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant's cry)
    Synonym: baréter

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin barrīre (make the sound of an elephant's cry), from barrus (elephant).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: bar‧rir

Verb[edit]

barrir (third-person only, third-person singular present barre, third-person singular preterite barriu, past participle barrido)

  1. (intransitive) to trumpet (of an elephant: to make its characteristic call)

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