Barbie
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹbi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbi/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Barbie (plural Barbies)
- A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
Translations edit
diminutive of Barbara
Etymology 2 edit
Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Noun edit
Barbie (plural Barbies)
- A tall, slender female fashion doll.
- 1964, Young Children, volume 55, National Association for the Education of Young Children, page 10:
- They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.”
- 1968, Paul Krassner, editor, The Realist, volumes 84-93, Realist Association, page 68:
- Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.
- 1976, Across the Board, volumes 13-14, The Conference Board, page 20:
- Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest […] .
- 2005, Linda Hoffman Kimball, Apple Pies & Promises, Cedar Fort,, →ISBN, page 51:
- Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]
- (by extension, informal, derogatory) A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
- Synonym: dolly
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Translations edit
doll
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a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
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Noun edit
Barbie
- a surname
- Klaus Barbie ― Klaus Barbie
Further reading edit
- “Barbie” in Duden online
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Barbie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Barbie f (indeclinable)
- Barbie (tall, slender female fashion doll)
Further reading edit
- Barbie in Polish dictionaries at PWN