bars

See also: Bars, BARS, bärs, bårs, Bärs, and bārs

English

bars (4)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

bars

1. plural of bar
2. (sports) An apparatus on which certain gymnastics are performed, especially parallel bars.
3. (sports) An event in gymnastics using bars.
4. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Grating, grid (if crossed), grill (on a door or window)

   prison bars

5. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (figuratively) Prison; imprisonment

   behind bars

Derived terms

• (gymnastics event): asymmetric bars, parallel bars, uneven bars

Translations

gymnastics event

• Finnish: nojapuut (fi)
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• Russian: паралле́льные бру́сья (ru) m pl (parallélʹnyje brúsʹja), бру́сья (ru) m pl (brúsʹja)

grating, grill, grid

• Belarusian: кра́ты f pl (kráty), рашо́тка f (rašótka)
• Bulgarian: реше́тка (bg) f (rešétka)
• Czech: mříž (cs) f, mřížka f
• French: grille (fr) f
• German: Gitter (de) n
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• Polish: krata (pl) f
• Russian: решётка (ru) f (rešótka)
• Slovak: mriežka f
• Ukrainian: ґра́ти (uk) f pl (gráty), реші́тка (uk) f (rešítka)

References

• “bars”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Gymnastics

Verb

bars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bar

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BRAS, arbs, bras, sbar

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Catalan

Noun

bars

1. plural of bar

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

bars

1. beard
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Bars. Barba.

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Danish

Noun

bars c

1. indefinite genitive singular of bar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑrs/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: bars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German [Term?].

Adjective

bars (comparative barser, superlative meest bars or barst)

1. stern, strict

Inflection

Declension of bars
uninflected	bars
inflected	barse
comparative	barser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bars	barser	het barst het barste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	barse	barsere	barste
	n. sing.	bars	barser	barste
	plural	barse	barsere	barste
definite		barse	barsere	barste
partitive		bars	barsers	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bars

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of bar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

bars m

1. plural of bar

Anagrams

• bras

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Latvian

Noun

bars m (1st declension)

1. crowd
2. multitude
3. crush
4. throng
5. brood (a group of young birds)
6. herd
7. pod (a group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami)
8. plump (a knot or cluster)
9. be-in

Declension

Declension of bars (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bars	bari
accusative (akuzatīvs)	baru	barus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bara	baru
dative (datīvs)	baram	bariem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	baru	bariem
locative (lokatīvs)	barā	baros
vocative (vokatīvs)	bar	bari

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Middle English

Noun

bars

1. Alternative form of bace

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Swedish

Noun

bars

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of bar

Verb

bars

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense passive of bära.