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Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bavarian, German Bairisch, or Bavarian Boarisch.

Symbol

bar

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bavarian.

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Bavarian terms

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑː/
(General American) enPR: bär, IPA^(key): /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞]
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /baː/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (UK): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Homophones: baa, bah (in some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

Two steel bars

A toll bar in Romania

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.
(countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ 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.
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
bar of chocolate

bar of soap
A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
a bar of light

a bar of colour
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
(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
(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.
(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).
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.
The counter of such premises.
Synonym: wet bar

Step up to the bar and order a drink.
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
(by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
a coffee bar

a juice bar
An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
a burger bar

a local fish bar
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
a nail bar

a brow bar
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
Synonyms: ban, prohibition

The club has lifted its bar on women members.
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.
(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.
(UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
(UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
(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.
(law, metonymic, "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.
(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.
(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
Synonym: measure
(music) One of those musical sections.
1. (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
  That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.
2. (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
  Coordinate term: cinema
  - 2025 June 13, “Matt Miggz: Drums, Delusion, and Staying True”, in WAVS BLOG‎^[2]:
    His musical journey, and this is a quote, is “a constant push and pull between self awareness and delusion”. That’s bars right there to be honest.
(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
(figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
to set the bar high/low

to raise the bar
- 2020 March 10, Kathy Gilsinan, quoting Eliot Cohen, “Confessions of an Ex–Never Trumper”, in The Atlantic‎^[3]:
  […] there’s no World War III now, but in the words of the prominent Never Trumper and Atlantic contributor Eliot Cohen, “that’s a pretty low bar.”
(soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎^[4]:
  Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.
(backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
(geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
2. 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.
(heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- 1957 February, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81:
  On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.
Coordinate terms: barrulet, closet
A city gate, in some British place names.
Temple Bar, London
(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
(architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
(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.
(farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
(slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 151:
  Tell Sick Boy tae gie us a bell if ye see um. The bastard owes us twenty fuckin bar.
(recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.

Derived terms

terms derived from the noun "bar"

Descendants

Translations

See bar/translations § Etymology 1.

See also

(heraldry): Ordinary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [5]

Etymology 2

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

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

(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.'
(transitive) To prohibit.
I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
to bar the door
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.

Synonyms

(obstruct): block, hinder, obstruct
(prohibit): ban, interdict, prohibit
(lock or bolt with a bar):
See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Esperanto: bari

Translations

See bar/translations § Verb.

Preposition

bar

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.
(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.

Derived terms

Translations

with the exception of — see except

References

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

William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “bar”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 446.

Etymology 3

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (unit)

Noun

bar (plural bars)

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Synonyms

㍴

Derived terms

Related terms

isobar

Descendants

→ Chinese: 巴 (bā)
→ Finnish: baari
→ Galician: bar m
→ Greek: μπαρ n (bar)
→ Hebrew: בָּר (bar)
→ Icelandic: bar n
→ Irish: bar m
→ Korean: 바 (ba)
→ Spanish: bar m

Translations

See bar/translations § Etymology 3.

Further reading

Bar (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bar in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Anagrams

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

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʌɾ/
Hyphenation: bar

Noun

bár m (plural baritté f)

night
age

Declension

Declension of bár

absolutive

bár

predicative

subjective

genitive

Postpositioned forms
l-case	báral
k-case	bárak
t-case	bárat
h-case	bárah

Derived terms

References

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)‎^[6], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɑɾ]
Audio: (file)

Adjective

bar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)

barren

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, point”), whence also Latin far (“emmer, spelt”), Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”) and Proto-Slavic *boršьno (“flour”).^[1]^[2]
Akin to Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine”), from a tentative common Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (“cure with herbs”).^[3]^[4]
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

bar m (plural barëra)

Declension

Declension of **bar**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	bari	barëra	barërat
accusative	bar	barin	barëra	barërat
dative	bari	barit	barërave	barërave
ablative	bari	barit	barërash	barërave

Derived terms

Noun

bar m (indefinite barna)

medicine, medication, herb
Synonym: ilaç
poison (for insects or other animals)
(figurative) solution (for a difficult situation)
(colloquial) weed, marijuana

Declension

Declension of **bar**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	bari	barna	barnat
accusative	bar	barin	barna	barnat
dative	bari	barit	barnave	barnave
ablative	bari	barit	barnash	barnave

Derived terms

barna

References

^ 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
^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “bar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 16–17
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?*bher”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 262
^ Çabej, E. (1986), Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 54
^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (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

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*
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[7], 1980, pages 95–98
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[8], 1980, page 98

Etymology 2

Internationalism, ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bare)

bar (place serving drinks)

Declension

Declension of **bar**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	bari	bare	baret
accusative	bar	barin	bare	baret
dative	bari	barit	bareve	bareve
ablative	bari	barit	baresh	bareve

Further reading

FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[9], 1980, page 98

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bar m (plural barë)

(physics) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of **bar**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	bari	barë	barët
accusative	bar	barin	barë	barët
dative	bari	barit	barëve	barëve
ablative	bari	barit	barësh	barëve

Further reading

FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[10], 1980, page 98

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		бар
Arabic		بار

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɾ/, [ˈbɑɾ̞̊]
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

fruit
Synonym: meyvə
crop, harvest, yield
Synonym: məhsul
(figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)
Synonym: bəhrə
(archaic) burden
Synonym: yük

Etymology 2

Ultimately from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

bar (a business selling alcoholic drinks)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bar

(meteorology) bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

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

Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “bar”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[11] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 219

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈbar]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbar], [ˈba]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

bar (unit of measure)

Etymology 3

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]

Adjective

bar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bars)

(obsolete) traitorous

Noun

bar m or f by sense (plural bars)

(obsolete) traitor

References

^ “bar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025“bar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

biar (Luserna)

Etymology

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

Pronoun

bar

(Sette Comuni) we
Synonym: bandare

Bar zeinan bèllase. ― We are Italians.

Bar zeinda. ― We are here.

Bar habanze galummet. ― We took them.

Inflection

Cimbrian personal pronouns
		nominative	accusative	dative
1st person singular		ich	mich	miar
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich	diar
2nd person singular	polite	iart	ach	òich
3rd person singular	m	èar, ar	in, en	iime
	f	zi, ze		iar
	n	es, is	es, 's	iime
1st person plural		bar, bandare	zich	izàndarn
2nd person plural		iart, iartàndare, artàndare	òich, ach	ogàndarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innàndarn

References

“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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bār.

Predicative

bar

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

Etymology 2

Verb

bar

second-person singular imperative of barmaq (“to go, to arrive”)

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan

bar (a business selling beverages)
bar (the counter of such a premises)
bar (a cabinet used to store alcoholic drinks in a private house or a hotel room)

Declension

Declension of bar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bary
genitive	baru	barů
dative	baru	barům
accusative	bar	bary
vocative	bare	bary
locative	baru	barech
instrumental	barem	bary

Derived terms

barový

Related terms

barman

Etymology 2

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (jednotka)

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

Noun

bar m

bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals

Declension

Declension of bar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bary
genitive	baru	barů
dative	baru	barům
accusative	bar	bary
vocative	bare	bary
locative	baru	barech
instrumental	barem	bary

Further reading

“bar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“bar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Verb

bar (second-person plural present baite)

to drink

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaːˀr/, [ˈb̥ɑˀ]
Rhymes: -aːˀr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

bare, naked
Synonym: nøgen
sheer, pure

Inflection

Inflection of *bar*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	bar	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	bart	—	—²
plural	bare	—	—²
definite attributive¹	bare	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite barer)

bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, counter of such a premises)

Declension

Declension of *bar*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	baren	barer	barerne
genitive	bars	barens	barers	barernes

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

bar c (singular definite baren, plural indefinite bar)

bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of *bar*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	baren	bar	barene
genitive	bars	barens	bars	barenes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bar

past tense of bære

References

“bar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑr/
Hyphenation: bar
Rhymes: -ɑr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

a bar, counter, drink cabinet
a bar, pub serving alcohol

Derived terms

Types of establishment

Descendants

→ Caribbean Javanese: bar
→ Indonesian: bar

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

bar (comparative barder, superlative barst)

harsh, tough (used mainly with koude (“cold”), or omstandigheden (“conditions”))
barren, inhospitable, bare
crude, grim, unfriendly

Declension

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	—

Adverb

bar

extremely (only in a negative sense)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bar

bar (a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals)

Derived terms

Related terms

isobaar

Descendants

→ Indonesian: bar

References

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

Faroese

Verb

bar

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

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baʁ/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Agen)): (file)
Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file)
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Rhymes: -aʁ

Etymology 1

From English bar. Doublet of barre.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

bar (establishment)
bar (counter)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Romanian: bar

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

bar m (plural bars)

bass (fish)

Derived terms

Further reading

“bar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (unidade)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

bar (unit of pressure)

German

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German bar.

Adjective

bar (not comparable)

bare

Declension

Positive forms of bar (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist bar	sie ist bar	es ist bar	sie sind bar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	barer	bare	bares	bare
	genitive	baren	barer	baren	barer
	dative	barem	barer	barem	baren
	accusative	baren	bare	bares	bare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bare	die bare	das bare	die baren
	genitive	des baren	der baren	des baren	der baren
	dative	dem baren	der baren	dem baren	den baren
	accusative	den baren	die bare	das bare	die baren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein barer	eine bare	ein bares	(keine) baren
	genitive	eines baren	einer baren	eines baren	(keiner) baren
	dative	einem baren	einer baren	einem baren	(keinen) baren
	accusative	einen baren	eine bare	ein bares	(keine) baren

Adverb

bar

in cash
pure

Preposition

bar [with genitive]

without
Synonyms: ohne, sonder, außer, ausschließlich

Etymology 2

Determiner

bar (invariable)

obsolete form of paar (“a few, couple”)

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

bar

romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːr/
Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bars, nominative plural barir)

bar (establishment offering alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises)
bar (counter at which such beverages are sold or offered)
(by extension) a counter where a buffet or a specialized kind of food is offered

Declension

Declension of *bar* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	barinn	barir	barirnir
accusative	bar	barinn	bari	barina
dative	bar	barnum	börum	börunum
genitive	bars	barsins	bara	baranna

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bar n (genitive singular bars, nominative plural bör)

bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of *bar* (neuter)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bar	barið	bör	börin
accusative	bar	barið	bör	börin
dative	bari	barinu	börum	börunum
genitive	bars	barsins	bara	baranna

Etymology 3

Verb

bar

first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bar

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbar/ [ˈbar]
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: bar

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

bar (plural bar-bar)

bar, pub: an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bar (plural bar-bar)

(physics) bar: a non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level

Further reading

“bar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
“bar”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

bar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)

bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of bar (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bair
vocative	a bhair	a bhara
genitive	bair	bar
dative	bar	bair

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an bar	na bair
genitive	an bhair	na mbar
dative	leis an mbar don bhar	leis na bair

Mutation

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“bar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bar m

bar (place serving drinks)
C'è un bar qui vicino? ― Is there a bar nearby?
café
bar (unit of pressure)

Derived terms

barista

Latvian

Verb

bar

inflection of bārt:
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of bārt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of bārt

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetics) IPA^(key): [pˠɑrˠ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠærˠ/
Bender phonemes: {bar}

Adjective

bar

empty

Adverb

bar

Determiner

bar

more

Noun

bar

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

bar

Northern form of bor

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian (bâr).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bar m

burden (a heavy load)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

bar

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.

Adjective

bar (neuter singular bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barere, indefinite superlative barest, definite superlative bareste)

bare, naked
- 2014, "Ikke provosèr ham", by Inger Torill Jørgensen, eBokNorden AS →ISBN [12]
  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.

Derived terms

See also

berr (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

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

a bar (place where alcohol is served)
a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Related terms

bartender (sense 1)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers

Derived terms

Etymology 4

bar (enhet) on Norwegian Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

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

bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)

Derived terms

millibar

Etymology 5

Verb

bar

simple past of bære

References

“bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary. (adjective on page 2)
“bar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“bar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“bar_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“bar_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“bar_5” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Etymology 1

Verb

bar

past tense of bera

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

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

a bar (place where alcohol is served)
a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)

Related terms

bartender (sense 1)

Etymology 3

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

eininga bar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

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

bar (a non-SI unit of pressure)

Derived terms

Related terms

isobar

Etymology 4

From Old Norse barr.

Noun

bar n (definite singular baret, uncountable)

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 […]

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Adjective

bar (neuter bart, definite singular and plural bare, comparative barare, indefinite superlative barast, definite superlative baraste)

(pre-2012) alternative form of berr
(pre-1938) alternative form of berr

References

“bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Noun

bār m

boar

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bār	bāras
accusative	bār	bāras
genitive	bāres	bāra
dative	bāre	bārum

Synonyms

eofor

Descendants

Middle English: bor, boor, bore, boore, bar, bare, bayre (Northern)
- English: boar
- Scots: bair
- Yola: boar

Old High German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar/

Adjective

bar

bare

Descendants

Middle High German: bar
- German: bar, baar
- Yiddish: פּאַרעוו (parev)
  - → English: parev, pareve

Etymology 2

Verb

bar

first/third-person singular past indicative of bëran

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βaɾ/

Determiner

bar

alternative form of for (“your pl”)

Old Norse

Verb

bar

first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Adjective

bār

bare

Declension

Positive forms of bār
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bār	bār	bār	bāre, bāra	bāra	bār, bāra
accusative	bāran, bāren	bāra	bār	bāra, bāre	bāra	bār, bāra
genitive	bāres, bāras	bārara, bāraro	bāres, bāras	bāraro, bāroro, bārero	bāraro, bāroro, bārero	bāraro, bāroro, bārero
dative	bārumu, bārum, bārun, bārun, bāron, bāren, bāran	bāraro, bāraru, bārara	bārumu, bārum, bārun, bārun, bāron, bāren, bāran	bārun, bāron, bārum	bārun, bāron	bārun, bāron, bārum

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bāro, bāra	bāra, bāre	bāra, bāre	bāron, bārun	bāron, bārun, bāran	bāron, bārun
accusative	bāron, bāran	bārun, bāron, bāran	bāra, bāre	bāron, bārun	bāron, bārun, bāran	bāron, bārun
genitive	bāren, bāran	bārun, bāran, bāren	bāren, bāran	bārono, bāreno	bārono	bārono, bāreno
dative	bāron, bāren, bāran	bārun, bāran	bāron, bāren, bāran	bāron, bārun	bāron, bārun	bāron, bārun

Descendants

Middle Low German: bâr
- German Low German: baar

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[13] (in German), 5th edition

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *barbar (“to spread out, unfurl”).

Verb

bar

(inchoative) to spread out, to unfurl
- c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, line 936:
  na layar ma(n)jĕ(r) kĕ(m)bang, hir na angin bar na layar.
  The sails bloom like flowers, the wind blows, the sails unfurl....

Further reading

Noorduyn, J; Teeuw, A (2006), Three Old Sundanese Poems‎^[14], Leiden: K.I.T.L.V. Press, →ISBN

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

bar

bare

Declension

Declension of *bar* (strong)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bar	bar	bart
accusative	baran	bara	bart
dative	barum barom	barri barre	baru baro
genitive	bars	barrar	bars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	barir barer	barar	bar
accusative	bara	barar	bar
dative	barum barom	barum barom	barum barom
genitive	barra bara	barra bara	barra bara

Declension of *bar* (weak)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bari bare	bara	bara
accusative	bara	baru baro	bara
dative	bara	baru baro	bara
genitive	bara	baru baro	bara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	baru baro	baru baro	baru baro
accusative	baru baro	baru baro	baru baro
dative	baru baro	baru baro	baru baro
genitive	baru baro	baru baro	baru baro

Descendants

Swedish: bar

Pacoh

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɓaːr]

Numeral

bar

two

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bar

bar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbar/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: bar
Homophone: Bar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar m inan (diminutive barek, related adjective barowy)

bar, public house (business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves)
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

Declension

Declension of bar

	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bary
genitive	baru	barów
dative	barowi	barom
accusative	bar	bary
instrumental	barem	barami
locative	barze	barach
vocative	barze	bary

Derived terms

nouns

Related terms

adjectives

barmański

nouns

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin barium.

Noun

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lantan (La)

bar m inan (related adjective barowy)

barium (chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56)

Declension

Declension of bar

	singular
nominative	bar
genitive	baru
dative	barowi
accusative	bar
instrumental	barem
locative	barze
vocative	barze

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

Noun

bar m inan (related adjective baryczny)

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

Declension

Declension of bar

	singular	plural
nominative	bar	bary
genitive	bara	barów
dative	barowi	barom
accusative	bar	bary
instrumental	barem	barami
locative	barze	barach
vocative	barze	bary

Further reading

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

Anagrams

rab

Portuguese

bar on Portuguese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʁ/ [ˈbah]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʁ/ [ˈbaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾi/

(Caipira) IPA^(key): [ˈbaɹ], [ˈbaɻ]
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: Portuguese

Etymology 1

bar (estabelecimento) on Portuguese Wikipedia

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

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

pub; bar (establishment that serves alcoholic beverages primarily)

Etymology 2

bar (unidade) on Portuguese Wikipedia

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

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

bar (unit of pressure)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “bar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “bar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romani

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bar f (plural barǎ)

enclosure

Etymology 2

Noun

bar m (plural bara)

alternative form of barr

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670
↑ ^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

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French bar. Doublet of bară.

Noun

bar m (plural bari)

bar (establishment)

Declension

	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
	singular			plural
nominative-accusative	bar	barul		bari	barii
genitive-dative	bar	barului		bari	barilor
vocative	barule			barilor

Salar

Etymology

Doublet of var (“there is”).

Pronunciation

(Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pɑr/, [pɑɻ]

Adjective

bar

rich
bar kişler
rich people

References

林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “bar”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 144
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “bar”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[15], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 135

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bâːr/.

Noun

bȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р, relational adjective bȃrskī)

public house, bar

Declension

Declension of *bar*
	singular	plural
nominative	bȃr	bȁrovi
genitive	bara	barova
dative	baru	barovima
accusative	bar	barove
vocative	bare	barovi
locative	baru	barovima
instrumental	barom	barovima

Further reading

“bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р)

bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of *bar*
	singular	plural
nominative	bȃr	bȃri
genitive	bara	bara
dative	baru	barima
accusative	bar	bave
vocative	baru	bari
locative	baru	barima
instrumental	barom	barima

Further reading

“bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

Clipping of bàrem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bâr/

Adverb

bȁr (Cyrillic spelling ба̏р)

at least

Further reading

“bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑р) (regional)

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

Declension

Declension of bar

	singular
nominative	bar
genitive	bara
dative	baru
accusative	bar
vocative	bare
locative	baru
instrumental	barom

Further reading

“bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (lokal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːr/.

Noun

bȃr m inan

public house, bar

Declension

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

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

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (enota)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

bar (unit of pressure)

Declension

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

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

Alternative forms

barem, baren

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːr/

Adverb

bȃr

at least
Synonym: vsaj
even though
Synonym: čeprav
otherwise, for else
Synonym: sicer

Etymology 4

From Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (trava)

Alternative forms

ber, bȋr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːr/

Noun

bȃr m inan

foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Synonym: laški muhvič
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
Synonym: biserno proso

Declension

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

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

Somali

Verb

bar

alternative spelling of baro

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

bar

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

bar (unidad de presión)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bar m (plural bares)

bar (unit of pressure)

Further reading

“bar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Sumerian

Romanization

bar

romanization of 𒁇

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese bar, likely from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *barbar (“to spread out, unfurl”).

Verb

bar (Sundanese script ᮘᮁ)

(inchoative) to spread out, to unfurl

Further reading

"BAR", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

bar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑːr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

bar (comparative barare, superlative barast)

bare, uncovered; not covered by e.g. clothes (about people), fur (about certain animals) or a snow cover (about the ground)

Declension

Inflection of **bar**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	bar	barare	barast
neuter singular	bart	barare	barast
plural	bara	barare	barast
masculine plural²	bare	barare	barast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	bare	barare	baraste
all	bara	barare	baraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

barmark

Etymology 2

See bära.

Verb

bar

past indicative of bära

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bar.

Noun

bar c

a bar (place where mainly alcoholic drinks are served)
barer och nattklubbar
bars and nightclubs
a bar (bar counter)
Synonym: bardisk (“bar counter”)

Vi hängde mest vid baren
We mostly hung out by the bar

Usage notes

Bar has more modern, sleek connotations, while pub suggests a British-style pub, with cozy connotations, etc. See also krog.

Declension

Declension of **bar**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bar	bars
singular	definite	baren	barens
plural	indefinite	barer	barers
plural	definite	barerna	barernas

Descendants

→ Finnish: baari

See also

Etymology 4

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

Noun

bar c

A bar; a unit of pressure

References

bar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
bar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
bar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

bra

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar, from Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of bara. Possible doublet of baras.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/ [ˈbaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bar

Noun

bar (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔)

bar (business selling alcoholic drinks)
Synonyms: inuman, barikan, taberna
(law) bar exam
iron or steel bar
Synonym: baras

Derived terms

magbar

Anagrams

bra, Abr.

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

bar

a stone

See also

haling

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/, [ˈba̠ɾ̞̊]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian պար (par, “dance”).

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

(dialectal) dance, round dance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

bar, pub

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

(dialectal) dirt, dust

Etymology 4

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

Noun

bar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)

(unit of pressure) bar

Declension

Declension of *bar*
	singular	plural
nominative	bar	barlar
definite accusative	barı	barları
dative	bara	barlara
locative	barda	barlarda
ablative	bardan	barlardan
genitive	barın	barların

References

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

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	bar‍
Cyrillic	бар‍
Arabic	بار

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːɾ/, [ˈbɑːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bār.

Adjective

bar

Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist

Etymology 2

Noun

bar (definite accusative bary, uncountable -)

time, turn, occasion
Synonym: gezek

Vilamovian

bar

Alternative forms

baor

Etymology

From Middle High German bër, Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”).

Noun

bar m (plural barn)

bear

Wakhi

Etymology

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

Noun

bar

door

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English bar.

Noun

bar m (plural bariau or barrau)

bar, post
Synonyms: ffon, polyn, postyn, trosol
bar, block
Synonyms: bloc, darn
bar, counter
Synonym: cownter
1. bar (drinking establishment)
(music) bar
(geography) bar, sandbar, bank
Synonyms: banc, glan
(law, as y bar) the bar

Derived terms

bar o siocled (“chocolate bar”)
croesfar (“crossbar”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Welsh barr, from Proto-Celtic *barros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.

Noun

bar m (plural bariau or barrau or bars)

top, summit, head
Synonyms: blaen, brig, copa, pen
(rare) tuft, bunch, bush, branch
Synonyms: mwng, tusw, llwyn, cangen

Derived terms

bargod (“eaves”)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

bar m (plural barrau)

bar (non-SI unit of pressure)

Related terms

isobar

Mutation

Mutated forms of *bar*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bar	far	mar	unchanged

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

Further reading

D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bar”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian (bâr).

Noun

bar

load, burden

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