barber
English edit
Etymology edit
PIE word |
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*bʰardʰéh₂ |
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.bə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
Noun edit
barber (plural barbers)
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, tonsor (obsolete)
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
Derived terms edit
- barber beats
- barber-chair
- barber chair
- barber itch
- barber paradox
- barber pole, barber's pole
- barber pole effect
- barber's block
- barber's clerk
- barber shop
- barbershop
- barber's itch
- barber's itch
- barber's sign
- barber surgeon
- conceited as a barber's cat
- jack-knife barber
- never ask the barber if you need a haircut
- poor as a barber's cat
- poor as a barber's cat
- sleeping barber problem
- thin as a barber's cat
Descendants edit
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Verb edit
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
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Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
barber m (plural barberi)
- barber (profession)
Derived terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera)
Further reading edit
- “barber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
From barbe + -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
barber
- (informal) to bore someone
- Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | barber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | barbant /baʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | barbé /baʁ.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | barbe /baʁb/ |
barbes /baʁb/ |
barbe /baʁb/ |
barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ |
barbez /baʁ.be/ |
barbent /baʁb/ |
imperfect | barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbait /baʁ.bɛ/ |
barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
barbiez /baʁ.bje/ |
barbaient /baʁ.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | barbai /baʁ.be/ |
barbas /baʁ.ba/ |
barba /baʁ.ba/ |
barbâmes /baʁ.bam/ |
barbâtes /baʁ.bat/ |
barbèrent /baʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
future | barberai /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
barberas /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
barbera /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
barberons /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
barberez /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
barberont /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberait /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
barberions /baʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
barberiez /baʁ.bə.ʁje/ |
barberaient /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | barbe /baʁb/ |
barbes /baʁb/ |
barbe /baʁb/ |
barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
barbiez /baʁ.bje/ |
barbent /baʁb/ |
imperfect2 | barbasse /baʁ.bas/ |
barbasses /baʁ.bas/ |
barbât /baʁ.ba/ |
barbassions /baʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
barbassiez /baʁ.ba.sje/ |
barbassent /baʁ.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | barbe /baʁb/ |
— | barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ |
barbez /baʁ.be/ |
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compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English barber, Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barber (first-person possessive barberku, second-person possessive barbermu, third-person possessive barbernya)
- (colloquial) barber (a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
- Synonyms: tukang cukur, pemangkas rambut
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
barber
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English barber, from Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba. Doublet of balwierz and broda.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barber m pers (female equivalent barberka)
- barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)