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bar

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑː/
• (General American) enPR: bär, IPA^(key): /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /baː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophones: baa, bah (in some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

2. (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.

3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

4. A broad shaft, band, or stripe.

5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
6. (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.

   Hyponyms: pipe, strikethrough, macron

7. (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
8. (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
10. A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.

    Synonyms: barroom, ginshop, (British) pub, public house, tavern; see also Thesaurus:pub

12. The counter of such premises.

    Synonym: wet bar

13. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
14. (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.

15. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.

16. An establishment offering cosmetic services.

17. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

    Synonyms: ban, prohibition

18. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
20. (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.

21. (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
22. (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
23. (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.

24. (law, metonymically, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.

25. (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.

26. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
27. (music) One of those musical sections.

    Synonym: measure

28. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
29. (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
30. (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
31. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
32. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
34. (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
    2. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).

       Synonym: bank

       Hyponym: sandbar
35. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.

    Coordinate terms: barrulet, closet

36. A city gate, in some British place names.

37. (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
38. (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
39. (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
40. (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
41. (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
42. (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
43. (slang, hip-hop) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics, especially when good.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• (heraldry): Ordinary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [3]

Etymology 2

From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar.

Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

Verb

bar (third-person singular simple present bars, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

2. (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
3. (transitive) To prohibit.

4. (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

5. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Synonyms

• (obstruct): block, hinder, obstruct
• (prohibit): ban, interdict, prohibit
• (lock or bolt with a bar):
• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• outbar
• unbar

Descendants

• → Esperanto: bari

Translations

Preposition

bar

1. Except, other than, besides.

   Synonyms: apart from, barring, except for, excepting, excluding, other than, save; see also Thesaurus:except
2. (horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Derived terms

• bar none
• all over bar the shouting

Translations

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “bar”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 446.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Noun

bar (plural bars)

1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Synonyms

• ㍴

Derived terms

• decibar
• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• Bar (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bar in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Anagrams

• ABR, ARB, Arb., RBA, Rab, abr., arb, bra

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌɾ/
• Hyphenation: bar

Noun

bár m (plural baritté f)

1. night
2. age

Declension

Derived terms

• bartikimbir
• bartikimbiró

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑɾ]

Adjective

bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

1. barren

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

1. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, point”), whence also Latin far (“emmer, spelt”), Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”) and Proto-Slavic *boršьno (“flour”).
2. Akin to Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine”), from a tentative common Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (“cure with herbs”).
3. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to grow”), whence also Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”), Old Armenian բոյս (boys, “plant”).

Sense 4 is likely a semantic loan from English weed, French herbe or Italian erba.

Noun

bar m (plural barëra)

1. grass
2. meadow, grassfield

   Synonym: lëndinë

3. (figurative) tasteless food

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

bar m (indefinite barna)

1. medicine, medication, herb

   Synonym: ilaç

2. poison (for insects or other animals)
3. (figurative) solution (for a difficult situation)
5. (colloquial) weed, marijuana

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 53: “magnes — aste gna baar ghi hiec becurine vetehei”
• Jungg, G. (1895) “baar”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 3*
• “bar i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[5] (in Albanian), 1980, pages 95–98
• “bar ii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[6] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98

Etymology 2

Internationalism, ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bare)

1. bar (place serving drinks)

Declension

Further reading

• “bar iii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[7] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98

Etymology 3

Internationalism, compare German Bar, French bar, English bar, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar m (plural barë)

1. (physics) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Further reading

• “bar iv”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[8] (in Albanian), 1980, page 98

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Persian بار.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. fruit

   Synonym: meyvə

2. crop, harvest, yield

   Synonym: məhsul

3. (figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)

   Synonym: bəhrə

4. (archaic) burden

   Synonym: yük

Etymology 2

Ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. bar (a business selling alcoholic drinks)

Etymology 3

Internationalism; ultimately from French bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar

1. (meteorology) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Further reading

• “bar” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencian) [ˈbar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbar], [ˈba]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bar (unit of measure)

Etymology 3

Variant of archaic bare, from Old Catalan baare, derived from the nominative case of baador, a variant of bausador (whence Catalan bausador), borrowed from Old Occitan; of uncertain origin but probably related to German böse (“evil”).

Adjective

bar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bars)

1. (obsolete) traitorous

Noun

bar m or f by sense (plural bars)

1. (obsolete) traitor

References

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• biar (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronoun

bar

1. (Sette Comuni) we

   Synonym: bandare

   Bar zeinan bèllase. ― We are Italians.

   Bar zeinda. ― We are here.

   Bar habanze galummet. ― We took them.

Inflection

References

• “bar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bār.

Predicative

bar

1. there is, there are, indicates existence or possession

   Antonym: yoq

Etymology 2

Verb

bar

1. second-person singular imperative of barmaq (“to go, to arrive”)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan

1. bar (a business selling beverages)
2. bar (the counter of such a premises)
3. bar (a cabinet used to store alcoholic drinks in a private house or a hotel room)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from modern European languages, originally coined based on Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m

1. bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals

Declension

Further reading

• bar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Verb

bar (second-person plural present baite)

1. to drink

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːˀr/, [ˈb̥ɑˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Etymology 1

From Old Danish bar, Old West Norse berr (with ʀ-umlaut), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, plural and definite singular attributive bare)

1. bare, naked
2. sheer, pure

Derived terms

• bare
• barbenet
• barfodet
• barfrost
• barhovedet
• min bare røv

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

1. bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)

Declension

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite bar)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bar

1. past tense of bære

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑr/
• Hyphenation: Dutch
• Rhymes: -ɑr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

1. A bar, counter, drink cabinet.
2. A bar, pub serving alcohol.

Derived terms

-types of establishment

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: bar
• → Indonesian: bar

Etymology 2

From Old French barhaine, probably of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”).

Adjective

bar (comparative barder, superlative barst)

1. harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (“cold”), or omstandigheden (“conditions”))
2. barren, inhospitable, bare
3. crude, grim, unfriendly

Inflection

Derived terms

• barkoud
• barslecht

Etymology 3

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

Adverb

bar

1. extremely (only in a negative sense)

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.

Noun

bar

1. bar (a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals)

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobaar

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bar

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Faroese

Verb

bar

1. first/third-person singular past of bera

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/
• Rhymes: -aʁ

Etymology 1

From English bar. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bar (establishment)
2. bar (counter)

Derived terms

• bar laitier
• pilier de bar
• resto-bar

Descendants

• → Romanian: bar

Etymology 2

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”).

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

1. bass (fish)

Derived terms

• bar commun
• bar européen

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German bar.

Adjective

bar (not comparable)

1. bare

Declension

Adverb

bar

1. in cash
2. pure

Preposition

bar

1. [+genitive] without

   Synonyms: ohne, sonder, außer, ausschließlich

Etymology 2

Determiner

bar (invariable)

1. Obsolete form of paar (“a few, couple”).

Further reading

• “bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bar” in Duden online

Gothic

Romanization

bar

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar (1), from Old French barre.

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bars, nominative plural barir)

1. bar (establishment offering alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises)
2. bar (counter at which such beverages are sold or offered)
3. (by extension) a counter where a buffet or a specialized kind of food is offered

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar n (genitive singular bars, nominative plural bör)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

bar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbar]
• Hyphenation: Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bar, from English bar, from Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin.

Noun

bar (first-person possessive barku, second-person possessive barmu, third-person possessive barnya)

1. bar, pub: an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

Etymology 2

From Dutch bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.

Noun

bar (first-person possessive barku, second-person possessive barmu, third-person possessive barnya)

1. (physics) bar: a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Further reading

• “bar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
• “bar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: bàr

Noun

bar m

1. bar (place serving drinks)

   C'è un bar qui vicino? ― Is there a bar nearby?

2. café
3. bar (unit of pressure)

Derived terms

• barista

Latvian

Verb

bar

1. inflection of bārt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of bārt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of bārt

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑrˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠærˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {bar}

Adjective

bar

1. empty

Adverb

bar

1. again
2. also
3. more

Determiner

bar

1. more

Noun

bar

1. head
2. rock
3. top; tip

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

bar

1. (Northern) Alternative form of bor

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian بار (bâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːɾ/
• Hyphenation: Northern Kurdish
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

bar m

1. burden (a heavy load)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.

Adjective

bar (neuter singular bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barere, indefinite superlative barest, definite superlative bareste)

1. bare, naked
   • 2014, "Ikke provosèr ham", by Inger Torill Jørgensen, eBokNorden AS →ISBN [9]

Derived terms

• barbeint
• barbrystet

See also

• berr (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barer, definite plural barene)

1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Related terms

• bartender (sense 1)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers

Derived terms

• barskog
• bartre

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural bar, definite plural barene)

1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)

Derived terms

• millibar

Etymology 5

Verb

bar

1. simple past of bære

References

• “bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary. (adjective on page 2)
• “bar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bar_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bar_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bar_5” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Etymology 1

Verb

bar

1. past tense of bera

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

1. a bar (place where alcohol is served)
2. a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Related terms

• bartender (sense 1)

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Noun

bar m (definite singular baren, indefinite plural barar, definite plural barane)

1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)

Derived terms

• kilobar
• megabar
• millibar

Related terms

• isobar

Etymology 4

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers

Derived terms

• barskog
• bartre
• granbar

Etymology 5

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barare, indefinite superlative barast, definite superlative baraste)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of berr
2. (pre-1938) alternative form of berr

References

• “bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Noun

bār m

1. boar

Declension

Synonyms

• eofor

Descendants

• Middle English: bor, boor, bore, boore; bar, bare, bayre
  • English: boar
  • Scots: bair
  • Yola: boar

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar/

Adjective

bar

1. bare

Descendants

• Middle High German: bar
  • German: bar, baar
  • Yiddish: פּאַרעוו (parev)
    • → English: parev, pareve

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var/

Determiner

bar

1. Alternative form of for (“your pl”)

Old Norse

Verb

bar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Adjective

bār

1. bare

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bâr
  • German Low German: baar

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

bar

1. bare

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: bar

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɓaar, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɓaːr]

Numeral

bar

1. two

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: bar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan (diminutive barek)

1. bar, luncheon bar, buffet
2. bar (a long table or counter where drinks are served)

   Synonym: bufet

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin barium.

Noun

bar m inan

1. barium

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m inan

1. bar (unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• bar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Caipira Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈbaɹ], [ˈbaɻ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. pub; bar (establishment that serves alcoholic beverages primarily)

Etymology 2

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

References

Romani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 (vāḍa), from Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa) or Sanskrit वाटी (vāṭī).

Noun

bar f (plural barǎ)

1. enclosure

Etymology 2

Noun

bar m (plural bara)

1. Alternative form of barr

References

Further reading

• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e bar I, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 73-74

Romanian

Etymology

From French bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bari)

1. bar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/.

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. public house, bar

Declension

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Etymology 3

Clipping of bàrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâr/

Adverb

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

1. at least

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р) (regional)

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: mȕhār

2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

   Synonyms: kòšćan, bìsērno prȍso

Declension

References

• “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/.

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. public house, bar

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Inflection

Etymology 3

Considering its Ottoman Turkish origin and smaller frequency, from Serbo-Croatian bȁr.

Alternative forms

• barem, baren

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Adverb

bȃr

1. at least

   Synonym: vsaj

2. even though

   Synonym: čeprav

3. otherwise, for else

   Synonym: sicer

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Alternative forms

• ber, bȋr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: laški muhvič

2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

   Synonym: biserno proso

Inflection

Further reading

• “bar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali

Verb

bar

1. Alternative spelling of baro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/ [ˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Further reading

• “bar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

bar

1. Romanization of 𒁇

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/
• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bar, from Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

bar (comparative barare, superlative barast)

1. bare, uncovered; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)

Declension

Derived terms

• barmark

Etymology 2

See bära.

Verb

bar

1. past indicative of bära

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

Noun

bar c

2. a bar, pub; place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served.
3. a bar, a bar counter

Declension

Descendants

• → Finnish: baari

Etymology 4

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar c

1. A bar; a unit of pressure

References

• bar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• bra

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/, [ˈbaɾ]

Noun

bar (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔)

1. bar (business selling alcoholic drinks)

   Synonyms: inuman, barikan, taberna

2. (law) bar exam
3. iron or steel bar

   Synonym: baras

Derived terms

• magbar

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

bar

1. a stone

See also

• haling

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑɾ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian պար (par, “dance”).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. (dialectal) dance, round dance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. bar, pub

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish بار (bar), from Armenian փառ (pʻaṙ).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. (dialectal) dirt, dust

Etymology 4

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

1. (unit of pressure) bar

Declension

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• “bar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Wakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Related to Persian در (dar).

Noun

bar

1. door

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian بار (bâr).

Noun

bar

1. load, burden

Source: wiktionary.org