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barre

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See also: Barre, barré, and barrë

English

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A ballet barre
Barre chord

Etymology

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Borrowed from French barre. Doublet of bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barre (plural barres)

  1. (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
  2. (music) Ellipsis of barre chord.

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Verb

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barre (third-person singular simple present barres, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

  1. (music) To form a barre chord on an instrument.

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Albanian

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Noun

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barre

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of barrë

Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *baRe, probably of imitative origin.

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Noun

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barre inan

  1. laughter

Declension

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Declension of barre (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive barre barrea barreak barreok
ergative barrek barreak barreek barreok
dative barreri barreari barreei barreoi
genitive barreren barrearen barreen barreon
comitative barrerekin barrearekin barreekin barreokin
causative barrerengatik barrearengatik barreengatik barreongatik
benefactive barrerentzat barrearentzat barreentzat barreontzat
instrumental barrez barreaz barreez barreotaz
innesive barretan barrean barreetan barreotan
locative barretako barreko barreetako barreotako
allative barretara barrera barreetara barreotara
terminative barretaraino barreraino barreetaraino barreotaraino
directive barretarantz barrerantz barreetarantz barreotarantz
destinative barretarako barrerako barreetarako barreotarako
ablative barretatik barretik barreetatik barreotatik
partitive barrerik — — —
prolative barretzat — — —

Further reading

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  • “barre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “barre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French barre (“bar, ingot”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /barə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]

Noun

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barre c (singular definite barren, plural indefinite barrer)

  1. ingot
  2. bar
  3. (gymnastics) parallel bars, uneven bars

Inflection

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Declension of barre
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barre barren barrer barrerne
genitive barres barrens barrers barrernes

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Dutch

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Adjective

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barre

  1. inflection of bar:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French 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 *bʰerH- (“to strike, pierce”).

If so, then cognate with Old High German para, bara (“bar, beam, one's cherished land”), Middle Dutch bāre, baer (“bar, barrier, rail”), 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”), Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros, “piece of land, furrow, marker, beacon, lighthouse”).

An alternative etymology derives Old French barre and Vulgar Latin *barra from a Celtic source related to Breton barri (“branch, twig”).

Doublet of bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barre f (plural barres)

  1. bar, cake, ingot
  2. (typography) clipping of barre oblique: the slash mark ⟨/⟩
  3. (typography) clipping of barre de fraction: the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
  4. (typography) clipping of barre inscrite: the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩
  5. (typography) clipping of barre verticale: the vertical bar ⟨|⟩
  6. (typography, improper) clipping of barre oblique inversée: the backslash ⟨\⟩
  7. (nautical) helm, tiller
  8. (heraldry) bend sinister
  9. (slang) erection, boner

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: barre
  • → Romanian: bară
  • → Vietnamese: ba-rê

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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barre f

  1. plural of barra

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Latin

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Noun

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barre

  1. vocative singular of barrus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barre (plural barres)

  1. barrier, obstruction

Descendants

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  • English: bar (see there for further descendants)

References

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Norman

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barre f (plural barres)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) helm, tiller; reef
  2. (Jersey, cycling) crossbar

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From German Barre, Barren, from French barre and Latin barra.

Noun

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barre m (definite singular barren, indefinite plural barrer, definite plural barrene)

  1. a bar or ingot (of precious metal)
  2. a barre (e.g. for ballet training)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German Barren, from French barre and Latin barra.

Noun

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barre m (definite singular barren, indefinite plural barrar, definite plural barrane)

  1. a bar or ingot (of precious metal)

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *barra.

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Noun

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barre oblique singular, f (oblique plural barres, nominative singular barre, nominative plural barres)

  1. bar (solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Elle a l'us clos et fermet a la barre.
      She shut the door and closed it using the bar

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Verb

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barre

  1. inflection of barrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. third-person singular present indicative of barrir

Spanish

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Verb

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barre

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