Bar

See also: bar and Appendix:Variations of "bar"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

the Bar

1. (law) Alternative spelling of bar.

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Bȃr.

Proper noun

Bar

1. A town and municipality of Montenegro.

Translations

town

• Albanian: Tivar, Tivari
• Greek: Θηβάριον (Thivárion), Αντιβάριον (Antivárion)
• Italian: Antivari, Antibari
• Latin: Antibarium
• Marathi: बार (mr) (bār)
• Russian: Ба́р (ru) m (Bár)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̑р (sh)

  Latin: Bȃr (sh)

• Turkish: Bar (tr)
• Venetan: Var

Etymology 3

Shortenings.

Proper noun

Bar

1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Barry.
   • 2008, Richard Uhlig, Last Dance at the Frosty Queen:

     Barry is there, playing Ms. Pac-Man.
     "Hey, Bar."
     "Well, have you met him yet?" Barry asks.

Etymology 4

From Ukrainian Бар (Bar).

Proper noun

Bar

1. A town in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

Translations

town

• Belarusian: Бар (Bar)
• Marathi: बार (mr) (bār)
• Polish: Bar (pl)
• Russian: Бар (ru) (Bar)
• Ukrainian: Бар (uk) (Bar)

Etymology 5

From בר.

Proper noun

Bar

1. A male or female given name from Hebrew.
   • 2025 October 15, Emanuel Fabian, “Katz visits freed hostage Bar Kupershtein, thanks him for bravery at Nova festival”, in The Times Of Israel‎^[2]:

     Defense Minister Israel Katz paid a visit to released hostage Bar Kuperstein, who was an off-duty soldier when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova party near Re’im on October 7, 2023.

   • 2025 October 15, “Israeli model Bar Refaeli blasts Penelope Cruz over Instagram post”, in Israel Hayom‎^[3]:

     After Spanish actress Penelope Cruz posted an Instagram story showing released Palestinian prisoners reuniting with their families for the first time, Israeli model Bar Refaeli felt compelled to respond.

Anagrams

• Rab, Bra, ABR, bra, arb, Arb., ARB, abr., RBA

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

Borrowed in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.

Noun

Bar f (genitive Bar, plural Bars)

1. bar (desk)
2. night club (pub)

Declension

Declension of Bar [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bar	die	Bars
genitive	einer	der	Bar	der	Bars
dative	einer	der	Bar	den	Bars
accusative	eine	die	Bar	die	Bars

Related terms

• Bardame, Barhocker, Bartresen, Barkellner
• Eisbar, Getränkebar, Nachtbar, Tanzbar, Wasserpfeifenbar

Descendants

• → Hungarian: bár

Etymology 2

Scholarly creation from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

Bar n (strong, genitive Bars, plural Bars)

1. bar (unit of pressure)
2. cash

Declension

Declension of Bar [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bar	die	Bars
genitive	eines	des	Bars	der	Bars
dative	einem	dem	Bar	den	Bars
accusative	ein	das	Bar	die	Bars

Further reading

• “Bar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)
• “Bar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bar” in Duden online

Old English

Etymology

From bār (“boar”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Proper noun

Bār m

1. a male given name

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Clipping of Antivari, from Latin Antibarum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/, /bâr/

Proper noun

Bȃr or Bȁr m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р or Ба̏р, relational adjective bàrskī or bȁrskī)

1. Bar (a city and municipality of Montenegro)

Declension

Declension of Bar

	singular
nominative	Bar
genitive	Bara
dative	Baru
accusative	Bar
vocative	Bare
locative	Baru
instrumental	Barom

Further reading

• “Bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Proper noun

Bar

1. abbreviation of Baruk (biblical book)