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barre

See also: Barre, barré, and barrë

English edit

 
barre chord

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French barre. Doublet of bar.

Noun edit

barre (plural barres)

  1. (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
  2. (music) Short for barre chord.

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Verb edit

barre (third-person singular simple present barres, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

  1. (music) To form a barre chord on an instrument.

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Basque edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Basque *baRe, probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

barre inan

  1. laughter

Declension edit

Declension of barre (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive barre barrea barreak
ergative barrek barreak barreek
dative barreri barreari barreei
genitive barreren barrearen barreen
comitative barrerekin barrearekin barreekin
causative barrerengatik barrearengatik barreengatik
benefactive barrerentzat barrearentzat barreentzat
instrumental barrez barreaz barreez
inessive barretan barrean barreetan
locative barretako barreko barreetako
allative barretara barrera barreetara
terminative barretaraino barreraino barreetaraino
directive barretarantz barrerantz barreetarantz
destinative barretarako barrerako barreetarako
ablative barretatik barretik barreetatik
partitive barrerik — —
prolative barretzat — —

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French barre (“bar, ingot”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /barə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]

Noun edit

barre c (singular definite barren, plural indefinite barrer)

  1. ingot
  2. bar
  3. (gymnastics) parallel bars, uneven bars

Inflection edit

Declension of barre
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barre barren barrer barrerne
genitive barres barrens barrers barrernes

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Adjective edit

barre

  1. inflection of bar:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French edit

Etymology edit

From Middle French barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Frankish *bara (“bar, beam, barrier, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike, pierce”).

If so, then cognate with Old High German para, bara (“bar, beam, one's cherished land”), Middle Dutch bāre, baer (“bar, barrier, rail”), Old Frisian ber (“attack, assault”), Swedish bärling (“a spoke”), Norwegian berling (“a small bar in a vehicle, rod”), Latin forus (“gangway, plank”), Russian забо́р (zabór, “fencing, paling, fence”), Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros, “piece of land, furrow, marker, beacon, lighthouse”).

An alternative etymology derives Old French barre and Vulgar Latin *barra from a Celtic source related to Breton barri (“branch, twig”).

Doublet of bar.

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Noun edit

barre f (plural barres)

  1. bar, cake, ingot
  2. (typography) Clipping of barre oblique: the slash mark ⟨/⟩
  3. (typography) Clipping of barre de fraction: the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
  4. (typography) Clipping of barre inscrite: the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩
  5. (typography) Clipping of barre verticale: the vertical bar ⟨|⟩
  6. (typography, improper) Clipping of barre oblique inversée: the backslash ⟨\⟩
  7. (nautical) helm, tiller
  8. (heraldry) bend sinister

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Descendants edit

  • → English: barre
  • → Romanian: bară
  • → Vietnamese: ba-rê

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Noun edit

barre f

  1. plural of barra

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Latin edit

Noun edit

barre

  1. vocative singular of barrus

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

barre (plural barres)

  1. barrier, obstruction

Descendants edit

  • English: bar (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Yola: baaree, baree

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Norman edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun edit

barre f (plural barres)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) helm, tiller; reef
  2. (Jersey, cycling) crossbar

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Etymology edit

From German Barre, Barren, from French barre and Latin barra.

Noun edit

barre m (definite singular barren, indefinite plural barrer, definite plural barrene)

  1. a bar or ingot (of precious metal)
  2. a barre (e.g. for ballet training)

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Etymology edit

From German Barren, from French barre and Latin barra.

Noun edit

barre m (definite singular barren, indefinite plural barrar, definite plural barrane)

  1. a bar or ingot (of precious metal)

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *barra.

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Noun edit

barre oblique singular, f (oblique plural barres, nominative singular barre, nominative plural barres)

  1. bar (solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Elle a l'us clos et fermet a la barre.
      She shut the door and closed it using the bar

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Verb edit

barre

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

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Verb edit

barre

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