Bar

See also: bar and Appendix:Variations of "bar"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

the Bar

1. (legal senses) Alternative spelling of bar.

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Bȃr.

Proper noun

Bar

1. A town and municipality of Montenegro

Translations

town

• Albanian: Tivar, Tivari
• Greek: Θηβάριον (Thivárion), Αντιβάριον (Antivárion)
• Italian: Antivari, Antibari
• Latin: Antibarium
• Marathi: बार (mr) (bār)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̑р

  Roman: Bȃr (sh)

• Turkish: Bar
• Venetan: Var

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Proper noun

Bar

1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

Etymology 4

From Ukrainian Бар (Bar).

Proper noun

Bar

1. A city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Translations

town

• Belarusian: Бар (Bar)
• Marathi: बार (mr) (bār)
• Polish: Bar (pl)
• Russian: Бар (ru) (Bar)
• Ukrainian: Бар (uk) (Bar)

Anagrams

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːɐ]

• Audio (Berlin):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

Borrowed in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.

Noun

Bar f (genitive Bar, plural Bars)

1. bar (desk)
2. night club (pub)

Declension

Declension of Bar [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bar	die	Bars
genitive	einer	der	Bar	der	Bars
dative	einer	der	Bar	den	Bars
accusative	eine	die	Bar	die	Bars

Related terms

• Bardame, Barhocker, Bartresen, Barkellner
• Eisbar, Getränkebar, Nachtbar, Tanzbar, Wasserpfeifenbar

Descendants

• → Hungarian: bár

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Bar n (strong, genitive Bars, plural Bars)

1. bar (unit of pressure)
2. cash

Declension

Declension of Bar [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bar	die	Bars
genitive	eines	des	Bars	der	Bars
dative	einem	dem	Bar	den	Bars
accusative	ein	das	Bar	die	Bars

Further reading

• “Bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bar” in Duden online

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Clipping of Antivari, from Latin Antibarum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Proper noun

Bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р)

1. Bar (a town and municipality of Montenegro)

Declension

Declension of Bar

	singular
nominative	Bȃr
genitive	Bȃra
dative	Bȃru
accusative	Bȃr
vocative	Bȃre
locative	Bȃru
instrumental	Bȃrom

References

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