U+3374, ㍴
SQUARE BAR

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

 
Two steel bars
 
A toll bar in Romania
  1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
    The window was protected by steel bars.
  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 14 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
    Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
    We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.
  3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
    bar of chocolate
    bar of soap
  4. A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
    a bar of light
    a bar of colour
  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).
  9. 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
    The street was lined with all-night bars.
  10. The counter of such premises.
    Synonym: wet bar
    Step up to the bar and order a drink.
  11. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
  12. (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
    coffee bar; juice bar
  13. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
    a burger bar
    a local fish bar
  14. An establishment offering cosmetic services.
    a nail bar; a brow bar
  15. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
    Synonyms: ban, prohibition
    The club has lifted its bar on women members.
  16. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
    • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. [], London: [] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, [], published 1676, →OCLC, Act V, page 83:
      Muſt I new bars to my own joy create?
    • 1987 February 1, Nancy A. Coleman, “Foster Care: Case By Case Basis”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 5:
      Sexual preference or orientation shall not be a bar to becoming a foster parent.
    • 2013, Terence Dillon, A Long Way Home, page 184:
      Mr Harding could look back on his initial judgement of Paul's talent with great satisfaction while Paul could reflect that to be Irish was not necessarily a bar to progress.
  17. (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
    Suppose we have four objects, foo, bar, baz and quux.
  18. (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
  19. (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
  20. (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
    He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.
  21. (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.
    He was called to the bar.He became a barrister.
  22. (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.
    I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.
  23. (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
  24. (music) One of those musical sections.
    Synonym: measure
  25. (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
  26. (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
  27. (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[2]:
      Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
  28. (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
  29. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
  30. (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
    1. 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
      • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis [] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 320:
        Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion.
  31. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
    Coordinate terms: barrulet, closet
  32. A city gate, in some British place names.
    Temple Bar, London
  33. (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
  34. (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
  35. (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
  36. (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.
  37. (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
  38. (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
  39. (slang, hip-hop) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics, especially when good.
    That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.
Derived terms
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terms derived from the noun "bar"
Descendants
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  • Albanian: bar m
  • Arabic: بَار m (bār)
  • Armenian: բար (bar)
  • Bulgarian: бар (bar)
  • Burmese: ဘား (bha:)
  • Chichewa: bála
  • Cantonese: (baa1)
  • Czech: bar m
  • Danish: bar c
  • Dutch: bar m
  • Esperanto: baro
  • Estonian: baar
  • French: bar m
    • Romanian: bar
  • Galician: bar m
  • Georgian: ბარი (bari)
  • German: Bar f
  • Greek: μπαρ n (bar)
  • Gulf Arabic: بار (bār)
  • Hebrew: בָּר (bar), בָּאר (bár)
  • Hungarian: bár (also via German)
  • Icelandic: bar m
  • Irish: beár m
  • Italian: bar m
  • Japanese: バー ()
  • Khmer: បារ (baa)
  • Korean: (ba)
  • Lithuanian: bãras m
  • Macedonian: бар m (bar)
  • Malagasy: ba
  • Mandarin: ()
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: bar m
    Nynorsk: bar m
  • Persian: بار (bâr)
  • Polish: bar m
  • Portuguese: bar m
  • Russian: бар m (bar)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̑р m, bȃr m
  • Slovene: bȃr m
  • Spanish: bar m
  • Swahili: baa
  • Swedish: bar c (see there for further descendants)
  • Thai: บาร์ (baa)
  • Turkish: bar
  • Xhosa: íbhári
  • Zulu: ibha
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References

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

Etymology 2

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From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer,[1] 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

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

  1. (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
    Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
    • 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza V, page 47:
      'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'
  2. (transitive) To prohibit.
    I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
  3. (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
    to bar the door
  4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [], →OCLC, part I, page 208, column 1:
      I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.
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Preposition

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bar

  1. Except, other than, besides.
    Synonyms: apart from, barring, except for, excepting, excluding, other than, save; see also Thesaurus:except
    He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 5:
      "I might be a fool," the younger man admitted quietly, "even an idiot, but there's not a person living, bar you, who possess the courage to call me a weakling, Sir."
    • 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 62:
      These see the overhead wires installed on all bar the slow lines between Bedford and Wellingborough by next May, with the remaining section completed by August, when the full programme is due to be completed.
  2. (horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
    Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.
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References

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  1. ^ barren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 31 October 2019.

Etymology 3

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

 
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Noun

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bar (plural bars)

  1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
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  • Chinese: ()
  • Finnish: baari
  • Galician: bar m
  • Greek: μπαρ n (bar)
  • Hebrew: בָּר (bar)
  • Icelandic: bar n
  • Irish: bar m
  • Korean: (ba)
  • Spanish: bar m
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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bár m (plural baritté f)

  1. night
  2. age

Declension

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Declension of bár
absolutive bár
predicative bára
subjective barí
genitive bartí
Postpositioned forms
l-case báral
k-case bárak
t-case bárat
h-case bárah

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Dutch bar.

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Adjective

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bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

  1. barren

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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).[1][2]
  2. Akin to Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, drug, medicine), from a tentative common Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (cure with herbs).[3][4]
  3. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (to grow), whence also Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, plant), Old Armenian բոյս (boys, plant).[5]

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

Noun

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bar m (plural barëra)

  1. grass
  2. meadow, grassfield
    Synonym: lëndinë
  3. (figurative) tasteless food
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bar m (indefinite barna)

  1. medicine, medication, herb
    Synonym: ilaç
  2. poison (for insects or other animals)
  3. (figurative) solution (for a difficult situation)
  4. (colloquial) weed, marijuana
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References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “bar”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 26
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 16–17
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?*bher”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 262
  4. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 54
  5. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 89–90

Further reading

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  • Bardhi, Frang (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

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Internationalism, ultimately from English bar.

Noun

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bar m (plural bare)

  1. bar (place serving drinks)
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Further reading

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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bar m (plural barë)

  1. (physics) bar (unit of pressure)
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Further reading

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

Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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From Persian بار.

Noun

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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

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Ultimately from English bar.

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bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. bar (a business selling alcoholic drinks)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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bar

  1. (meteorology) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

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    Declension of bar
singular plural
nominative bar
barlar
definite accusative barı
barları
dative bara
barlara
locative barda
barlarda
ablative bardan
barlardan
definite genitive barın
barların
    Possessive forms of bar
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) barım barlarım
sənin (your) barın barların
onun (his/her/its) barı barları
bizim (our) barımız barlarımız
sizin (your) barınız barlarınız
onların (their) barı or barları barları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımı barlarımı
sənin (your) barını barlarını
onun (his/her/its) barını barlarını
bizim (our) barımızı barlarımızı
sizin (your) barınızı barlarınızı
onların (their) barını or barlarını barlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) barıma barlarıma
sənin (your) barına barlarına
onun (his/her/its) barına barlarına
bizim (our) barımıza barlarımıza
sizin (your) barınıza barlarınıza
onların (their) barına or barlarına barlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımda barlarımda
sənin (your) barında barlarında
onun (his/her/its) barında barlarında
bizim (our) barımızda barlarımızda
sizin (your) barınızda barlarınızda
onların (their) barında or barlarında barlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) barımdan barlarımdan
sənin (your) barından barlarından
onun (his/her/its) barından barlarından
bizim (our) barımızdan barlarımızdan
sizin (your) barınızdan barlarınızdan
onların (their) barından or barlarından barlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) barımın barlarımın
sənin (your) barının barlarının
onun (his/her/its) barının barlarının
bizim (our) barımızın barlarımızın
sizin (your) barınızın barlarınızın
onların (their) barının or barlarının barlarının

Further reading

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  • bar” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

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bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

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bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (unit of measure)

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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).[1]

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bar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bars)

  1. (obsolete) traitorous

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bar m or f by sense (plural bars)

  1. (obsolete) traitor

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  1. ^ bar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024“bar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

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Etymology

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

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bar

  1. (Sette Comuni) we
    Synonym: bandare
    Bar zeinan bèllase.We are Italians.
    Bar zeinda.We are here.
    Bar habanze galummet.We took them.

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References

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  • “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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *bār.

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bar

  1. there is, there are, indicates existence or possession
    Antonym: yoq

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bar

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

Czech

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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

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bar m

  1. bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
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  • bar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin bibere.

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bar (second-person plural present baite)

  1. to drink

Danish

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Etymology 1

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

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

  1. bare, naked
  2. sheer, pure
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bar.

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bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

  1. bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)
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Etymology 3

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From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

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bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite bar)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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bar

  1. past tense of bære

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

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bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

  1. a bar, counter, drink cabinet
  2. a bar, pub serving alcohol
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  • Types of establishment
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  • Caribbean Javanese: bar
  • Indonesian: bar

Etymology 2

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Doublet of baar (bare), which see for more. Baar continues the Middle Dutch inflected stem, bar the uninflected stem.

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bar (comparative barder, superlative barst)

  1. harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (cold), or omstandigheden (conditions))
  2. barren, inhospitable, bare
  3. crude, grim, unfriendly
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Declension of bar
uninflected bar
inflected barre
comparative barder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bar barder het barst
het barste
indefinite m./f. sing. barre bardere barste
n. sing. bar barder barste
plural barre bardere barste
definite barre bardere barste
partitive bars barders

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bar

  1. extremely (only in a negative sense)
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Etymology 3

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

Noun

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bar

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

References

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

Faroese

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Verb

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bar

  1. first/third-person singular past of bera
    hetta bar ikki til
    this wasn’t possible

Fingallian

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Etymology

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From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer.

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bar

  1. to prevent
    • A NORTH-COUNTY DUBLIN CLOSSARY:
      Bar that = don't let that be done.

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  • J. J. Hogan and Patrick C. O'Neill (1947) Béaloideas Iml. 17, Uimh 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 263

French

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Etymology 1

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From English bar. Doublet of barre.

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bar m (plural bars)

  1. bar (establishment)
  2. bar (counter)
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Descendants
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  • Romanian: bar

Etymology 2

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From Old French bars (12th c.), from Frankish *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (perch). Depending on the age of the borrowing, it may not be directly from Frankish, but from later Old Dutch (cf. modern Dutch baars). The final -s was interpreted in Old French as the nominative-singular and accusative-plural suffix, leading to the backformation bar.

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bar m (plural bars)

  1. bass (fish)
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Galician

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

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bar m (plural bares)

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

Etymology 2

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

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bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German and Old High German bar.

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bar (not comparable)

  1. bare
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Adverb

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bar

  1. in cash
  2. pure

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bar [with genitive]

  1. without
    Synonyms: ohne, sonder, außer, ausschließlich

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Determiner

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bar (invariable)

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

Further reading

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

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bar

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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

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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
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Etymology 2

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

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bar n (genitive singular bars, nominative plural bör)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
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bar

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

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Irish

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Etymology

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

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bar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

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Declension of bar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bar bair
vocative a bhair a bhara
genitive bair bar
dative bar bair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bar na bair
genitive an bhair na mbar
dative leis an mbar
don bhar
leis na bair

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Mutated forms of bar
radical lenition eclipsis
bar bhar mbar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • bar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English bar. Doublet of barra.

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

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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)

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Latvian

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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

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bar

  1. empty

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bar

  1. again
  2. also
  3. more

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bar

  1. more

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bar

  1. head
  2. rock
  3. top; tip

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bar

  1. Northern form of bor

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Related to Persian بار (bâr).

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

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bar m

  1. burden (a heavy load)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.

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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]
      Han kom tettere inn til henne, la armen rundt ryggen hennes og bøyet hodet sitt ned mot hennes bare skulder, kysset den.
      He came closer to her, put his arm around her back and bowed his head down to her bare shoulder, and kissed it.
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Borrowed from English bar.

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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)
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse barr.

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bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

  1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers
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 bar (enhet) on Norwegian Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

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

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

  1. simple past of bære

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bar

  1. past tense of bera

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Borrowed from English bar.

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

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

  1. bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)
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Etymology 4

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From Old Norse barr.

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bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

  1. the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers
    • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:
      Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar i Vaaren ei Gaata []
      Therefore I found, between the birches and conifers, in spring a riddle []
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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

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From Proto-West Germanic *bair.

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bār m

  1. boar

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Old High German

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Etymology

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

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bar

  1. bare

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Old Irish

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bar

  1. Alternative form of for (your pl)

Old Norse

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bar

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

Old Saxon

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

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bār

  1. bare

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

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

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bar

  1. bare

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Pacoh

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Pacoh cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : bar
    Ordinal : abar

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

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bar

  1. two

Polish

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bar

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar.

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bar m inan (diminutive barek, related adjective barowy)

  1. bar, public house (business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves)
  2. bar, luncheon bar, buffet, wet bar (area for the preparation of alcoholic drinks, equipped with a countertop having a sink and running water and usually located in a home, hotel room, or similar quarters)
    Synonym: bufet
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from New Latin barium.

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Chemical element
Ba
Previous: cez (Cs)
Next: lantan (La)

bar m inan (related adjective barowy)

  1. barium (chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56)
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

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bar m inan (related adjective baryczny)

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

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

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Portuguese

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 bar on Portuguese Wikipedia

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

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 Bar (estabelecimento) on Portuguese Wikipedia

Borrowed from English bar.[1][2] Doublet of barra.

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bar m (plural bares)

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

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 Bar (unidade) on Portuguese Wikipedia

Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).[1][2]

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bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

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  1. 1.0 1.1 bar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 bar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 (vāḍa), from Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa)[1][2] or Sanskrit वाटी (vāṭī).[2]

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bar f (plural barǎ)

  1. enclosure

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bar m (plural bara)

  1. Alternative form of barr

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 20

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From French bar. Doublet of bară.

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bar m (plural bari)

  1. bar (establishment)

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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) bar barul (niște) bari barii
genitive/dative (unui) bar barului (unor) bari barilor
vocative barule barilor

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar.

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bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

  1. public house, bar
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Etymology 2

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

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bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
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Etymology 3

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Clipping of bàrem.

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bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

  1. at least

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From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

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bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р) (regional)

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
    Synonym: mȕhār
  2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
    Synonyms: kòšćan, bìsērno prȍso
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References

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  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar.

 
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bȃr m inan

  1. public house, bar
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bȃr
gen. sing. bȃra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra bȃrov bȃrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru bȃroma bȃrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru bȃrih bȃrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom bȃroma bȃri

Etymology 2

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

 
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bȃr m inan

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bȃr
gen. sing. bȃra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra bȃrov bȃrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru bȃroma bȃrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr bȃra bȃre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru bȃrih bȃrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom bȃroma bȃri

Etymology 3

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

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bȃr

  1. at least
    Synonym: vsaj
  2. even though
    Synonym: čeprav
  3. otherwise, for else
    Synonym: sicer

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From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

 
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bȃr m inan

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
    Synonym: laški muhvič
  2. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
    Synonym: biserno proso
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative bȃr
genitive bȃra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bȃr
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bȃra
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bȃru
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bȃr
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bȃru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bȃrom

Further reading

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  • bar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • bar”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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bar

  1. Alternative spelling of baro

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

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bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)
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Etymology 2

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

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bar m (plural bares)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)

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Romanization

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bar

  1. Romanization of 𒁇

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

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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)
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Inflection of bar
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bar barare barast
Neuter singular bart barare barast
Plural bara barare barast
Masculine plural3 bare barare barast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bare barare baraste
All bara barare baraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Etymology 2

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See bära.

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bar

  1. past indicative of bära

Etymology 3

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Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

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bar c

  1. a bar (place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served)
    barer och nattklubbar
    bars and nightclubs
  2. a bar (bar counter)
    Synonym: bardisk (bar counter)
    Vi hängde mest vid baren
    We mostly hung out by the bar
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Bar has more modern, sleek connotations, while pub suggests a British-style pub, with cozy connotations, etc. See also krog.

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Originally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

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bar c

  1. A bar; a unit of pressure

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Tagalog

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Borrowed from English bar.

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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

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bar

  1. a stone

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Borrowed from Armenian պար (par, dance).

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bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (dialectal) dance, round dance

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Borrowed from English bar.

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bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. bar, pub

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

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bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (dialectal) dirt, dust

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

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bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

  1. (unit of pressure) bar
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Inflection
Nominative bar
Definite accusative barı
Singular Plural
Nominative bar barlar
Definite accusative barı barları
Dative bara barlara
Locative barda barlarda
Ablative bardan barlardan
Genitive barın barların

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  • 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

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

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bar

  1. door

Zazaki

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Etymology

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Related to Persian بار (bâr).

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bar

  1. load, burden