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5-letter words (1 found)

BARRA,

4-letter words (2 found)

ARAR,ARBA,

3-letter words (6 found)

ABA,ARB,BAA,BAR,BRA,BRR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AB,AR,BA,

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Definitions and meaning of barra

barra

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

Clipping of barramundi

Noun

barra (plural barras)

  1. (Australia) A barramundi.

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /barˈra/, [bʌrˈrʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Noun

barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)

  1. (Southern dialects) woman
  2. (Southern dialects) wife

Declension

Synonyms

  • agboytá (Northern dialects)

Derived terms

  • (diminutives): barraytó, barráytu (“wimp, weak person”) (all dialects)

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “barra”, 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)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited 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): (Valencian) [ˈba.ra]

Noun

barra f (plural barres)

  1. bar (metal item)
    barra fixa ― high bar
    barra d'eines ― toolbar
  2. bar counter, wet bar
  3. barbell
  4. (ballet) bar
  5. loaf (of bread)
    barra de pa ― baguette
  6. bar (of chocolate)
  7. (anatomy) jawbone, mandible
  8. (figurative) cheek, impudence, audacity
    tenir barra ― to have a nerve
  9. (heraldry) bend sinister
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “barra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “barra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “barra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

  1. inflection of barrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʁa/

Verb

barra

  1. third-person singular past historic of barrer

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbara̝/

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, 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:
Derived terms
  • barrela (“lumberroom”)
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

  • “barra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “barra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “barra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “barra 'parra'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “barra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “barra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

  1. bar
  2. (geography) (sand)bar
  3. (law) bar
  4. (music) bar
  5. (sewing) tack
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

  1. Alternative form of bara (“barrow”)
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

barra m

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

Mutation

References

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.ra/
  • Rhymes: -arra
  • Hyphenation: bàr‧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 (inward folds of the wall of a horse hoof)
Derived terms
See also
  • zoccolo
  • fettone
  • muraglia
  • suola

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

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

Further reading

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran, “outside”). Compare Egyptian Arabic برا (barra) and the same in many or most dialects.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.ra/
  • Rhymes: -arra

Adverb

barra

  1. out, outside, outdoors
  2. abroad

Preposition

barra

  1. outside (of)
  2. except

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Gaúcho) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʀa/
  • Rhymes: -aʁɐ
  • Homophone: varra (Porto)
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barra f (plural barras)

  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
  6. (sports) crossbar
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:barra.

Derived terms
  • barrar
  • barra oblíqua
  • barra pesada

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparˠə/

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]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya balla and Kambaata bara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾːa/
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra

Noun

barra m 

  1. day
  2. time

Verb

barra

  1. (intransitive) to be late

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “barra”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈba.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ba‧rra

Etymology 1

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

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. (typography) bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 1⁄2))
    Synonyms: (|) barra vertical, (1⁄2) barra de fracción
  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

Etymology 2

Verb

barra

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

barr (“needle”) +‎ -a

Verb

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

  1. (of a conifer, especially a Christmas tree) to drop one's needles

Conjugation

Related terms

  • barr
  • barrning

Source: wiktionary.org