barrière

See also: barriere and Barriere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French barrière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑ.riˈɛː.rə/

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• Hyphenation: bar‧ri‧è‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛːrə

Noun

barrière f or m (plural barrières, diminutive barrièretje n)

1. barrier

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French

Etymology

From Old French barriere, from barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Frankish *bara, from Proto-Germanic *barō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁjɛʁ/

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Noun

barrière f (plural barrières)

1. barrier
2. (Louisiana) fence

Descendants

• → German: Barriere

Further reading

• “barrière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.