bari

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bari"

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English

Etymology

Short for baritone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹi/
• (General American) enPR: bărʹē
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbeɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -æɹi

Noun

bari (plural baris)

1. (colloquial, music) A baritone saxophone
   • 2000 November 24, Neil Tesser, “Baritone Nation”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     A basic 17-piece jazz orchestra never uses more than one bari; to see four lined up in a row you'd usually have to go to an instrument repair shop.

2. (colloquial, barbershop music) A baritone (singer)

Derived terms

• bari sax

Translations

baritone saxophone — see baritone saxophone

baritone — see baritone

Anagrams

• Abir, Bair, Bria, RAIB, RIBA, abir, abri, rabi, riba

Albanian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from plural barinjë, from earlier *bar, from Proto-Albanian *bara, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Old High German baro (“man, husband”). A connection with ari (“bear”) has also been proposed, though ari was originally arth prior to the loss of the -th ending by mistake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾi/

Noun

barí m (plural barinj, definite bariu, definite plural barinjtë)

1. shepherd

   Synonyms: rëmër, çoban

Declension

Declension of bari

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bari	bariu	barinj	barinjtë
accusative		bariun
dative	bariu	bariut	barinjve	barinjve
ablative			barinjsh

Derived terms

• bareshë

Related terms

• bares

Etymology 2

From bar.

Noun

bári

1. inflection of bar (“grass”):
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

Further reading

• “bari”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “bari”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Atong (India)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bari

1. garden

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Chemical element (edit)
Ba Atomic number 56 bari
Classification data Period 6 Group 2 Block s-block Class alkaline earth metal
Previous: ← cesi (Cs)
Next: lantani (La) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin barium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈba.ɾi]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

bari m (uncountable)

1. barium

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ri

Noun

bari

1. a type of reaping hook

Esperanto

Etymology

From French barrer, English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbari/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ba‧ri

Verb

bari (present baras, past baris, future baros, conditional barus, volitive baru)

1. (transitive) to bar, block, obstruct, dam
2. (transitive) to exclude
3. (transitive) to stem

Conjugation

Conjugation of bari

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		baras		baris		baros
active participle		baranta	barantaj	barinta	barintaj	baronta	barontaj
	acc.	barantan	barantajn	barintan	barintajn	barontan	barontajn
passive participle		barata	barataj	barita	baritaj	barota	barotaj
	acc.	baratan	baratajn	baritan	baritajn	barotan	barotajn
nominal active participle		baranto	barantoj	barinto	barintoj	baronto	barontoj
	acc.	baranton	barantojn	barinton	barintojn	baronton	barontojn
nominal passive participle		barato	baratoj	barito	baritoj	baroto	barotoj
	acc.	baraton	baratojn	bariton	baritojn	baroton	barotojn
adverbial active participle		barante		barinte		baronte
adverbial passive participle		barate		barite		barote
		infinitive	bari	imperative	baru	conditional	barus

Related terms

• baro

Further reading

• “bari”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “bari”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese varrer. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bari.

Verb

bari

1. to wipe
2. to sweep

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒri]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

Etymology 1

Clipping and -i diminutive of bárány (“lamb”).

Noun

bari (plural barik)

1. (childish) little lamb

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bari	barik
accusative	barit	barikat
dative	barinak	bariknak
instrumental	barival	barikkal
causal-final	bariért	barikért
translative	barivá	barikká
terminative	bariig	barikig
essive-formal	bariként	barikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bariban	barikban
superessive	barin	barikon
adessive	barinál	bariknál
illative	bariba	barikba
sublative	barira	barikra
allative	barihoz	barikhoz
elative	bariból	barikból
delative	bariról	barikról
ablative	baritól	bariktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	barié	bariké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bariéi	barikéi

Possessive forms of bari

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	barim	barijaim (or bariim)
2nd person sing.	barid	barijaid (or bariid)
3rd person sing.	barija	barijai (or barii)
1st person plural	barink	barijaink (or bariink)
2nd person plural	baritok	barijaitok (or bariitok)
3rd person plural	barijuk	barijaik (or bariik)

Etymology 2

Clipping and -i diminutive of barát (“friend; boyfriend”).

Noun

bari (plural barik)

1. (informal) friend

   Synonym: barát

2. (informal) boyfriend

   Synonym: barát

Usage notes

See barát.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bari	barik
accusative	barit	barikat
dative	barinak	bariknak
instrumental	barival	barikkal
causal-final	bariért	barikért
translative	barivá	barikká
terminative	bariig	barikig
essive-formal	bariként	barikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bariban	barikban
superessive	barin	barikon
adessive	barinál	bariknál
illative	bariba	barikba
sublative	barira	barikra
allative	barihoz	barikhoz
elative	bariból	barikból
delative	bariról	barikról
ablative	baritól	bariktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	barié	bariké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bariéi	barikéi

Possessive forms of bari

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	barim	barijaim (or bariim)
2nd person sing.	barid	barijaid (or bariid)
3rd person sing.	barija	barijai (or barii)
1st person plural	barink	barijaink (or bariink)
2nd person plural	baritok	barijaitok (or bariitok)
3rd person plural	barijuk	barijaik (or bariik)

Related terms

• barinő

Etymology 3

From Bari +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

bari (not comparable)

1. Barese (of or relating to the city of Bari, Italy)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bari	bariak
accusative	barit	bariakat
dative	barinak	bariaknak
instrumental	barival	bariakkal
causal-final	bariért	bariakért
translative	barivá	bariakká
terminative	bariig	bariakig
essive-formal	bariként	bariakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bariban	bariakban
superessive	barin	bariakon
adessive	barinál	bariaknál
illative	bariba	bariakba
sublative	barira	bariakra
allative	barihoz	bariakhoz
elative	bariból	bariakból
delative	bariról	bariakról
ablative	baritól	bariaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	barié	bariaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bariéi	bariakéi

Further reading

• (little lamb): bari in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bari in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.riʔ/

Adjective

bari

1. (of food) stale, rancid (no longer fresh)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbari/

Noun

bari

1. plural of baro

Italian

Verb

bari

1. inflection of barare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

bari

1. Rōmaji transcription of バリ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese varrer.

Verb

bari

1. to wipe
2. to sweep

Kavalan

Noun

bari

1. wind

Koyraboro Senni

Etymology

Cognate with Zarma bari (“horse”).

Noun

bari

1. horse

Latin

Noun

bāri

1. (poetic) vocative singular of bāris

Latvian

Noun

bari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of bars

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀiw (“beginning to spoil, tainted”). Compare Buginese wari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbari/, [ˈɓari]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ri

Adjective

bari (Lontara spelling ᨅᨑᨗ or 𑻤𑻭𑻳)

1. spoiled, stale, sour, musty (of food, from being left out too long)
2. (figurative, of a story or film) stale, hackneyed, trite, or overworn

   Pelleng barimo

   It is already a stale (or hackneyed) film.

Derived terms

compounds

• pelleng bari
• tottoʼ bari

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 78

Mansaka

Noun

bari

1. price; cost

Ngaju

Noun

bari

1. cooked rice

Old High German

Verb

bāri

1. second-person singular past indicative of bëran
2. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of bëran

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese varrer and Spanish barrer and Kabuverdianu bari.

Verb

bari

1. to wipe

Prasuni

Etymology

Borrowed from early Kamkata-viri *bari.

Noun

bari (Pronz)

1. male of the artisan caste

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese バレー (barē, “volleyball”).

Noun

bari

1. volleyball

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bari (Cyrillic spelling бари)

1. dative/locative singular of bȁra

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɾi]

Noun

bari

1. community self-help, mutual cooperation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باری, from Classical Persian باری.

Adverb

bari

1. at least
2. for once

Interjection

bari

1. if only

Synonyms

• hiç olmazsa
• hiç değilse
• o hâlde
• öyleyse

Further reading

• “bari”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bari”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 433

Vietnamese

Chemical element (edit)
Ba Atomic number 56 bari
Classification data Period 6 Group 2 Block s-block Class alkaline earth metal
Previous: ← xesi (Cs)
Next: lantan (La) →

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin barium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ɹi˧˧] ~ [ʔɓaː˧˧ zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ba Ri

Noun

bari

1. barium

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈri/

Adjective

bari (comparative dehana bari, superlative tewr bari)

1. thin, slim