barra

See also: Barra, bárra, bárrá, and barrá

English

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Noun

barra (plural barras)

1. (Geordie) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.

Related terms

• barra boy (Geordie)

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

barra (plural barras)

1. (Australia) A barramundi.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 281:

     ‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.ra]

Noun

barra f (plural barres)

1. bar (metal item)
2. (ballet) bar
3. loaf (of bread)
4. bar (of chocolate)
5. jawbone, mandible
6. cheek, impudence
7. (heraldry) bend sinister

Further reading

• “barra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa/

Verb

barra

1. third-person singular past historic of barrer

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Galician

barra, O Piornedo, Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara̝/

Etymology 1

From , from Proto-Celtic *barros (“top, summit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“point”). Cognate with Irish barr (“top, tip, summit”).

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. loft or platform, usually inside the house or the stables, used for storing items.
2. attic.
3. vine arbour.
   • 1424, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 292:

     a mitade do noso lagar con sua casa et barra et entradas et seidas

     half our winery with its house, its vine arbour, entries and exits

Related terms

• combarro (“garner; penthouse”)

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin barra, perhaps from Gaulish.

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. sandbank

   Synonyms: banco de area, restinga, taro

2. bar
3. (iron) rod
4. slash ("/" symbol)
5. (heraldry) bend sinister

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “barra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

1. bar
   1. (geography) (sand)bar
   2. (law) bar
   3. (music) bar
   4. (sewing) tack

Declension

Declension of barra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative barra barraí Vocative a bharra a bharraí Genitive barra barraí Dative barra barraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an barra na barraí Genitive an bharra na mbarraí Dative leis an mbarra don bharra leis na barraí

Derived terms

• barra abhann (“river bar”)
• barra cuimilte (“file”) (tool)
• barra na sinsear (“inner bar”)
• barra na sóisear (“outer bar”)
• barra spásála (“space-bar”)
• barraí moncaí (“monkey bars”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

1. Alternative form of bara (“barrow”)

Declension

Declension of barra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative barra barraí Vocative a bharra a bharraí Genitive barra barraí Dative barra barraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an barra na barraí Genitive an bharra na mbarraí Dative leis an mbarra don bharra leis na barraí

Etymology 3

Noun

barra m

1. inflection of barr:
   1. variant genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
barra	bharra	mbarra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “barra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ra/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Noun

barra f (plural barre)

1. rod, bar, slat
2. helm, tiller
3. stroke, slash ('/' symbol)
4. tray (computer)
5. (zoology, horse anatomy) bar (Bars are the inward folds of the wall of a horse hoof)

Derived terms

• barrare
• codice a barre
• sbarra

 

See also

• zoccolo
• fettone
• muraglia
• suola

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

1. third-person singular present indicative of barrare
2. second-person singular imperative of barrare

Further reading

• barra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran, “outside”). Compare Egyptian Arabic برا (barra).

Adverb

barra

1. out

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Portuguese

barra

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ha/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʀa/

Noun

barra f (plural s)

1. bar (solid object with uniform cross-section)
2. bar, ingot
3. cuff (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
4. (typography) slash
5. (heraldry) bend sinister

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:barra.

Derived terms

• barrar
• barra oblíqua
• barra pesada

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parˠə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra m

1. spike
2. bar
3. Court of Justice
4. sandbank

Derived terms

• barra-mhìslein m (“common bird's foot trefoil”)

Etymology 2

Noun

barra m

1. genitive singular of bàrr

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “barra”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈba.ra]

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

1. bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
2. bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
3. (typographic) bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12))

   Synonym: barra vertical ⟨|⟩

   Synonym: barra de fracción (12)

4. slash ("/" symbol)

   Synonyms: barra inclinada, barra oblicua

5. (computing, rare, proscribed) backslash ("\" symbol)

   Synonyms: barra invertida, barra inversa

6. (heraldry) bend sinister
7. (exercise, weightlifting) barbell

Derived terms

• baile en barra
• barra americana
• barra baja
• barra brava
• barra de compás
• barra de equilibrio
• barra de pan
• barra fija
• barra libre
• barrera
• barrilla
• barrote
• código de barras

 

Verb

barra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of barrer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of barrer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of barrer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of barrer.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Verb

barra (present barrar, preterite barrade, supine barrat, imperative barra)

1. (of a conifer, especially a Christmas tree) to drop its needles

Conjugation

Conjugation of barra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	barra		—
Supine	barrat		—
Imperative	barra		—
Imper. plural1	barren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	barrar	barrade	—	—
Ind. plural1	barra	barrade	—	—
Subjunctive2	barre	barrade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	barrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• barr
• barrning