barn

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English[edit]

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A barn (farm building) in Lithuania

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bern, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”). More at rest and barley.

Noun[edit]

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barn (plural barns)

  1. (agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 11, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.
  2. (nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  3. (informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.
    Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

  1. (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • Shakespeare
      Men […] often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, prodigy”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). More at bairn.

Noun[edit]

barn (plural barns)

  1. (dialectal, parts of Northern England) A child.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
child — see child

Anagrams[edit]

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Cornish barna.

Verb[edit]

barn

  1. (transitive) to judge

Inflection[edit]

  Mutation of barn  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
barn varn unchanged parn varn

Conjugation[edit]

Personal forms
Indicative Conditional Imperative
Present Imperfect Preterite Future Present Imperfect
1s barnan barnen barnis barnin barnfen barnjen -
2s barnez barnes barnjout barni barnfes barnjes barn
3s barn barne barnas barno barnfe barnje barnet
1p barnomp barnemp barnjomp barnimp barnfemp barnjemp barnomp
2p barnit barnec'h barnjoc'h barnot barnfec'h barnjec'h barnit
3p barnont barnent barnjont barnint barnfent barnjent barnent
0 barner barned barnjod barnor barnfed barnjed -
Impersonal forms Mutated forms
Infinitive: barn
Present participle: o varn
Past participle: barnet (auxiliary verb: kaout)		 Soft mutation after a: a varn-
Mixed mutation after e: e varn-
Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na varn-

Derived terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Danish barn, from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną. Compare English bairn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /barn/, [b̥ɑːˀn]

Noun[edit]

barn n (singular definite barnet, plural indefinite børn)

  1. child (immature human)
    Dette er ikke et passende sted for børn.
    This is not a fitting place for children.
  2. child (human offspring)
    Mine børn er alle flyttet hjemmefra.
    My children have all moved out.

Usage notes[edit]

In compounds: barn-, barne-, barns- or børne-.

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnet børn børnene
genitive barns barnets børns børnenes

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive singular barns, plural børn)

  1. child

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnið børn børnini
accusative barn barnið børn børnini
dative barni barninum børnum børnunum
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn m (plural barns)

  1. (physics) barn (unit)

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

barn

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive singular barns, nominative plural börn)

  1. child

Declension[edit]

declension of barn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnið börn börnin
accusative barn barnið börn börnin
dative barni barninu börnum börnunum
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Derived terms[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English bearn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /barn/, /baːrn/, /bɛrn/

Noun[edit]

barn (plural barnes or barnen)

  2. A member of one's immediate offspring or progeny.
  3. A child, youth, or baby
  4. A person; a member of humanity
  5. A younger soldier or fighter
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English bereærn.

Noun[edit]

barn

  2. Alternative form of bern (“barn”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn, definite plural barna or barnene)

  1. a child

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn or born, definite plural barna or borna)

  1. a child

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive barns, plural børn)

  1. child

Descendants[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive barns, plural bǫrn)

  1. child

Declension[edit]

  Declension of barn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnit bǫrn bǫrnin
accusative barn barnit bǫrn bǫrnin
dative barni barninu bǫrnum bǫrnunum
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • barn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *barną, whence also Old English bearn, Old High German barn, Swedish barn.

Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. child

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative barn barn
accusative barn barn
genitive barnes barnō
dative barne barnun
instrumental — —


Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. child

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnit barn barnin
accusative barn barnit barn barnin
dative barni, -e barninu, -eno barnum, -om barnumin, -omen
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn m inan

  1. barn (unit)

Declension[edit]

declension of barn
singular plural
nominative barn barny
genitive barnu barnów
dative barnowi barnom
accusative barn barny
instrumental barnem barnami
locative barnie barnach
vocative barnie barny

Further reading[edit]

  • barn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish barn (“child”), from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Danish barn, Icelandic barn, Old Saxon barn, Old High German barn, Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“worker”) and bernẽlis (“lad”), a kind of participle to bära (“to bear, to carry, as in childbirth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑːrn/, [bɑːɳ]
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Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. a child (a young person)
  2. (someone's) child, offspring (a son or daughter)
  3. a descendant (e.g. children of Abraham)
  4. a follower (e.g. God's children)
  5. (someone's) creation, invention
  6. (uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative barn barnet barn barnen
Genitive barns barnets barns barnens

Synonyms[edit]

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn f (plural barnau)

  1. opinion, view
  2. judgement, sentence

Derived terms[edit]

  • barnu (“to adjudge; to pass sentence”)

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
barn farn marn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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