English

Noun

barre ‎(plural barres)

1. (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.

Translations

Anagrams

• aberr, barer, rebar

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]

Noun

barre c (singular definite barren, plural indefinite barrer)

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

Inflection

External links

• barre on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

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 *bʰAr- ‎(“log, board, plank”). 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”).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/

Noun

barre f ‎(plural barres)

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

Related terms

• barreur
• coup de barre

Anagrams

• arbre

Italian

Noun

barre f

1. plural of barra

Anagrams

• berrà

Latin

Noun

barre

1. vocative singular of barrus

Norman

Pronunciation

Noun

barre f ‎(plural barres)

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

Synonyms

• (crossbar): barre dé travèrs

Old French

Noun

barre 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)
   • 12^th 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

Descendants

• English: bar
• French: barre

Portuguese

Verb

barre

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of barrar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of barrar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of barrar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of barrar

Spanish

Verb

barre

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of barrer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of barrer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of barrer.