bar

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English[edit]

㍴ U+3374, ㍴
SQUARE BAR
← ㍳
[U+3373] 		CJK Compatibility ㍵ →
[U+3375]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɑː/
  • (US) enPR: bär, IPA(key): /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞]
  • Audio (US)
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  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: baa, bah (in some pronunciations)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Frankish *bara (“bar, beam, barrier, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰAr- (“log, board, plank”). If so, then cognate with Old High German para, bara (“bar, beam, one's cherished land”), Old Frisian ber (“attack, assault”), Swedish bärling (“a spoke”), Norwegian berling (“a small bar in a vehicle, rod”), Latin forus (“gangway, plank”), Russian забо́р (zabór, “fencing, paling, fence”), Russian бо́р (bór), Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros, “piece of land, furrow, marker, beacon, lighthouse”). May well have been reinforced by existing Old English term from the same root.

Noun[edit]

bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

Two steel bars.
  1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
    The window was protected by steel bars.
  2. (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
    Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
    We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.
  3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
    bar of chocolate
    bar of soap
  4. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.
    a bar of light; a bar of colour
  5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
  6. (typography) Various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) inclusive of oblique marks such as the slash.
  7. (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
  8. (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
  9. A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
    The street was lined with all-night bars.
  10. The counter of such a premises.
    Step up to the bar and order a drink.
  11. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
  12. (by extension, in combinations such as coffee bar, juice bar etc.) A premises or counter serving any type of beverage.
  13. An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
  14. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
    a burger bar; a local fish bar
  15. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
    The club has lifted its bar on women members.
  16. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
    • Dryden
      Must I new bars to my own joy create?
    • 2013, Terence Dillon, A Long Way Home (page 184)
      Mr Harding could look back on his initial judgement of Paul's talent with great satisfaction while Paul could reflect that to be Irish was not necessarily a bar to progress.
  17. (programming, whimsical, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
    Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.
  18. (Britain, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
  19. (Britain, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay
  20. (US, law) "the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
    He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.
  21. (law, metonymically, "the Bar", "the bar") A collective term for lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
    He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.
  22. (telecommunications) A bar-shaped symbol that denotes levels of reception, or reception itself.
    I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.
  23. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
  24. (music) One of those musical sections.
  25. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault
  26. (figuratively) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
  27. (football-most codes) The crossbar
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
  28. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
  29. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act
  30. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
  31. (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
  32. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.
  33. A city gate, in some British place names.
    Potter's Bar
  34. (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
  35. (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
  36. (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
  37. (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
  38. (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from bar (noun)
Translations[edit]
vertical bar mark — see pipe
strikethrough — see strikethrough
music: vertical line across a staff — see bar line
music: section of a staff — see measure
soccer: crossbar — see crossbar
heraldry: one of the ordinaries — see fess
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar (third-person singular simple present bars, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

  1. (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
    • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
      "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
      But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
      Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
      Then look for me by moonlight,
      Watch for me by moonlight,
      I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."
    Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
  2. (transitive) To prohibit.
    I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
  3. (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
    bar the door
  4. to imprint or paint with bars, to stripe
    • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1
      I lived in a hut in the yard, but to be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Preposition[edit]

bar

  1. Except, other than, besides.
    He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
  2. (horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
    Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
with the exception of — see except

References[edit]

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [2]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

bar (plural bars)

  1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar

  1. night

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bar

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

  1. barren

References[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *bara, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-, compare Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine”), Lithuanian bùrti (“to conjure”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”) (compare Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar m (indefinite plural barëra, definite singular bari, definite plural barërat)

  1. grass
  2. (figuratively) tasteless food

Noun[edit]

bar m (indefinite plural barna, definite singular bari, definite plural barnat)

  1. medicine, medication, medicinal plant
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) cure, palliative, solution
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) marijuana, likely a calque from English or French
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ D.Q. Adams, "Heal: *bher-", in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 262.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 17

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (establishment)
  2. bar (unit of measure)

Cimbrian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

bar

  1. we; us

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “bar” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.[1]

Noun[edit]

bar m

  1. bar (a business selling beverages)
  2. bar (the counter of such a premises)
  3. bar (a cabinet used to store alcoholic drinks in a private house or a hotel room)
Declension[edit]
Declension
singular plural
nominative bar bary
genitive baru barů
dative baru barům
accusative bar bary
vocative bare bary
locative baru barech
instrumental barem bary
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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Borrowing from modern European languages, originally coined based on Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).[2]

Noun[edit]

bar m

  1. bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
Declension[edit]
Declension
singular plural
nominative bar bary
genitive baru barů
dative baru barům
accusative bar bary
vocative bare bary
locative baru barech
instrumental barem bary

References[edit]

  1. ^ bar¹ in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ^ bar² in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading[edit]

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō. Compare Italian bere, Romanian bea.

Verb[edit]

bar (second-person plural present baite)

  1. to drink

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse berr (“bare”). Compare Old English bær.

Adjective[edit]

bar

  1. bare, naked
  2. sheer, pure
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of bar
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular bar — —2
Neuter singular bart — —2
Plural bare — —2
Definite attributive1 bare — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

  1. bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of bar
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar baren barer barerne
genitive bars barens barers barernes

Etymology 3[edit]

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun[edit]

bar c (plural indefinite bar)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Etymology 4[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. past tense of bære

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

  1. bar, counter, drink cabinet
  2. bar, pub
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Cognate with English barren.

Adjective[edit]

bar (comparative barder, superlative barst)

  1. harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (“cold”), or omstandigheden (“conditions”))
  2. barren, inhospitable, bare
  3. crude, grim, unfriendly
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of bar
uninflected bar
inflected barre
comparative barder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bar barder het barst
het barste
indefinite m./f. sing. barre bardere barste
n. sing. bar barder barste
plural barre bardere barste
definite barre bardere barste
partitive bars barders —

Adverb[edit]

bar

  1. extremely (only in a negative sense)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.

Noun[edit]

bar

  1. bar: a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. he, it bore, carried:: 1st and 3rd person singular past tense form of bera (“to bear, to carry”)

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of bera
v-54
infinitive bera
present participle berandi
past participle a26 borin
supine borið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present beri bert ber bera
past bar bart bar bóru
imperative – tú – tit
present — ber! — berið!

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

EB1911 - Volume 01 - Page 001 - 1.svg This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Direct from English? Isn't the fish sense from a different source?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bars)

  1. A bar (establishment)
  2. A bar (counter)
  3. A bass (fish)

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bar (not comparable)

  1. bare

Declension[edit]

Declension of bar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist bar sie ist bar es ist bar sie sind bar
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative barer bare bares bare
genitive baren barer baren barer
dative barem barer barem baren
accusative baren bare bares bare
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der bare die bare das bare die baren
genitive des baren der baren des baren der baren
dative dem baren der baren dem baren den baren
accusative den baren die bare das bare die baren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein barer eine bare ein bares (keine) baren
genitive eines baren einer baren eines baren (keiner) baren
dative einem baren einer baren einem baren (keinen) baren
accusative einen baren eine bare ein bares (keine) baren

Adverb[edit]

bar

  1. in cash
  2. pure

Preposition[edit]

bar

  1. (+genitive) without

Synonyms[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bar

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar (1), from Old French barre.

Noun[edit]

bar m (genitive singular bars, nominative plural barir)

  1. bar (establishment offering alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises)
  2. bar (counter at which such beverages are sold or offered)
  3. (by extension) a counter where a buffet or a specialized kind of food is offered
Declension[edit]
declension of bar
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar barinn barir barirnir
accusative bar barinn bari barina
dative bar barnum börum börunum
genitive bars barsins bara baranna

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun[edit]

bar n (genitive singular bars, nominative plural bör)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension[edit]
declension of bar
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bar barið bör börin
accusative bar barið bör börin
dative bari barinu börum börunum
genitive bars barsins bara baranna

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun[edit]

bar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension[edit]

Declension of bar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bar bair
Vocative a bhair a bhara
Genitive bair bar
Dative bar bair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bar na bair
Genitive an bhair na mbar
Dative leis an mbar

don bhar

leis na bair

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bar bhar mbar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • "bar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “bar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bar)

  1. bar (place serving drinks)
    C'è un bar qui vicino? ― Is there a bar nearby?
  2. café

Derived terms[edit]

Kashmiri[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar ? (Perso-Arabic بَر, Devanagari बर)

  1. a door

Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Persian بار‎ (bâr).

Noun[edit]

bar m

  1. burden (a heavy load)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at burden. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see bar in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2009

Latvian[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of bārt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of bārt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of bārt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of bārt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of bārt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of bārt

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar

  1. (Northern ME) Alternative form of bor

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.

Adjective[edit]

bar (neuter singular bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barere, indefinite superlative barest, definite superlative bareste)

  1. bare, naked
    • 2014, "Ikke provosèr ham", by Inger Torill Jørgensen, eBokNorden AS →ISBN [3]
      Han kom tettere inn til henne, la armen rundt ryggen hennes og bøyet hodet sitt ned mot hennes bare skulder, kysset den.
      He came closer to her, put his arm around her back and bowed his head down to her bare shoulder, and kissed it.
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barer, definite plural barene)

  1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
  2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. simple past of bære

References[edit]

  • “bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary. (adjective on page 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

  1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
  2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

  1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse barr.

Noun[edit]

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

  1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers
    • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Vaaren":
      Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar i Vaaren ei Gaata […]
      Therefore I found, between the birches and conifers, in spring a riddle […]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. past tense of bera

References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑːr/, [ˈbɑːr]

Noun[edit]

bār m

  1. boar

Declension[edit]

Declension of bar (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bār bāras
accusative bār bāras
genitive bāres bāra
dative bāre bārum

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old Norse berr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bar

  1. bare

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old Norse berr.

Adjective[edit]

bār

  1. bare

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of bār
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative bār bāre bār bāru bār bāre
accusative bārana bāre bāra bāru bār bāre
genitive bāres bārarō bāraro bārarō bāres bārarō
dative bārumu bārum bāraro bārum bārumu bārum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative bāro bāru bāra bāru bāra bāru
accusative bārun bārun bārun bārun bāra bārun
genitive bārun bāronō bārun bāronō bārun bāronō
dative bārun bārum bārun bārum bārun bārum


Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Adjective[edit]

bar

  1. bare

Declension[edit]

Declension of bar (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bar bar bart
accusative baran bara bart
dative barum, -om barri, -re baru, -o
genitive bars barrar bars
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative barir, -e(r) barar bar
accusative bara barar bar
dative barum, -om barum, -om barum, -om
genitive barra barra barra
Declension of bar (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bari, -e bara bara
accusative bara baru, -o bara
dative bara baru, -o bara
genitive bara baru, -o bara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative baru, -o baru, -o baru, -o
accusative baru, -o baru, -o baru, -o
dative baru, -o baru, -o baru, -o
genitive baru, -o baru, -o baru, -o

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m inan

  1. bar, luncheon bar, buffet
  2. bar (a long table or counter where drinks are served)
Declension[edit]
declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bar bary
genitive baru barów
dative barowi barom
accusative bar bary
instrumental barem barami
locative barze barach
vocative barze bary
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin barium.

Noun[edit]

Chemical element
Ba Previous: cez (Cs)
Next: lantan (La)

bar m inan

  1. barium
Declension[edit]
declension of bar
singular
nominative bar
genitive baru
dative barowi
accusative bar
instrumental barem
locative barze
vocative barze

Etymology 3[edit]

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), probably borrowed via science literature in another European language.

Noun[edit]

bar m inan

  1. bar (unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals)
Declension[edit]
declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bar bary
genitive bara barów
dative barowi barom
accusative bar bary
instrumental barem barami
locative barze barach
vocative barze bary

Further reading[edit]

  • bar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bares)

  1. pub; bar (establishment that serves alcoholic beverages primarily)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Romani[edit]

Noun[edit]

bar f (plural bara)

  1. garden
  2. fence

bar m (plural bar)

  1. stone

Derived terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

  1. public house, bar
Declension[edit]
Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bȃr bȁrovi
genitive bara barova
dative baru barovima
accusative bar barove
vocative bare barovi
locative baru barovima
instrumental barom barovima

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bȃr bȃri
genitive bara bara
dative baru barima
accusative bar bave
vocative baru bari
locative baru barima
instrumental barom barima

Etymology 3[edit]

Clipping of bàrem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

  1. at least

References[edit]

  • “bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2019
  • “bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2019
  • “bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2019

Somali[edit]

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. Alternative spelling of baro

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun[edit]

bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish bar, from Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Cognate with English bare. See Old English bær.[1]

Adjective[edit]

bar (comparative barare, superlative barast)

  1. bare, uncovered; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of bar
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bar barare barast
Neuter singular bart barare barast
Plural bara barare barast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bare barare baraste
All bara barare baraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Etymology 2[edit]

See bära.

Verb[edit]

bar

  1. past tense of bära.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from English bar.[1]

Noun[edit]

bar c

  1. a bar, pub; place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served.
  2. a (bar) counter
Declension[edit]
Declension of bar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bar baren barer barerna
Genitive bars barens barers barernas

Etymology 4[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bar c

  1. A bar; a unit of pressure

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Armenian պար (par, “dance”).

Noun[edit]

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (dialectal) dance, round dance

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative bar
Definite accusative barı
Singular Plural
Nominative bar barlar
Definite accusative barı barları
Dative bara barlara
Locative barda barlarda
Ablative bardan barlardan
Genitive barın barların

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “bar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

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Wakhi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *dvar, related to Tajik дар (dar).

Noun[edit]

bar

  1. door

Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Persian بار‎ (bâr).

Noun[edit]

bar ?

  1. load
  2. burden
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