barcode

See also: bar code

English

Alternative forms

• bar code

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kəʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊd

Noun

barcode (plural barcodes)

A UPC-A barcode symbol

1. Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology
2. (genetics) A portion of a gene that identifies a particular species

Derived terms

• barcode reader
• barcode scanner

 

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: staafkode (calque)
• → Dutch: barcode
• → Dutch: streepjescode (calque)
  • → Afrikaans: strepieskode (calque)

Translations

set of machine-readable parallel bars

• Afrikaans: strepieskode, staafkode
• Albanian: barkodi
• Arabic: شِفْرَة خَيْطِيَّة f (šifra ḵayṭiyya)
• Azerbaijani: barkod
• Basque: barra-kode
• Bulgarian: баркод m (barkod)
• Catalan: codi de barres
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 條碼／条码 (tiu⁴ maa⁵), 条码 (tiu⁴ maa⁵)

  Mandarin: 條形碼／条形码 (zh) (tiáoxíngmǎ), 条形码 (zh) (tiáoxíngmǎ), 條碼／条码 (zh) (tiáomǎ), 条码 (zh) (tiáomǎ)

• Czech: čárový kód (cs)
• Danish: stregkode (da)
• Dutch: streepjescode (nl) f, barcode (nl) f
• Esperanto: strikodo
• Estonian: vöötkood
• Finnish: viivakoodi (fi)
• French: code-barres (fr) m, code à barres (fr) m
• Georgian: შტრიხ-კოდი (šṭrix-ḳodi), შტრიხკოდი (šṭrixḳodi), შტრიხული კოდი (šṭrixuli ḳodi)
• German: Strichcode (de) m, Balkencode m, Barcode (de) m
• Greek: γραμμοκωδικός m (grammokodikós)
• Hebrew: ברקוד (he)
• Hindi: बारकोड (bārkoḍ)
• Hungarian: vonalkód
• Icelandic: strikamerki n
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• Italian: codice a barre m
• Japanese: バーコード (bākōdo)
• Kazakh: сызықшалы код (syzyqşaly kod)
• Korean: 바코드 (bakodeu)
• Latvian: svītrkods
• Lithuanian: brūkšninis kodas
• Macedonian: баркод (barkod)
• Malay: kod bar
• Norwegian: strekkode (no)
• Persian: بارکد (fa) (bârkod)
• Polish: kod kreskowy (pl) m inan, kod paskowy m inan
• Portuguese: código de barras m
• Romanian: cod de bare
• Russian: штрихко́д (ru) m (štrixkód)
• Samogitian: barkods, brokšnėnės kods
• Serbo-Croatian: бар код m, bar kod (sh) m, crtični kôd
• Slovak: čiarový kód
• Slovene: črtna koda
• Spanish: código de barras (es) m
• Swedish: streckkod (sv) c
• Thai: บาร์โคด (th), รหัสแท่ง (th)
• Turkish: barkod (tr), bar kod
• Ukrainian: штрих-кодува́ння n (štryx-koduvánnja)
• Urdu: بارکوڈ (bārkoḍ)
• Vietnamese: mã vạch (vi)

See also

• UPC
• QR code, QR

Anagrams

• brocade

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Chinese

Etymology

From English barcode.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ kuk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ kuk¹
    • Yale: bā kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/

Noun

barcode

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) barcode

Adjective

barcode

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) of a shape that resembles barcode

   barcode頭／barcode头 [Cantonese]  ―  baa¹ kuk¹ tau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a type of hairstyle where the fringe/bangs resembles a barcode

See also

• code

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English barcode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑrˌkoː.də/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bar‧co‧de

Noun

barcode m (plural barcodes)

1. barcode

   Synonym: streepjescode