Bar

See also: bar and Appendix:Variations of "bar"

English

Proper noun

the Bar

  1. (legal senses) Alternative spelling of bar.

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Bȃr.

Proper noun

Bar

  1. A town and municipality of Montenegro
Translations

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Proper noun

Bar

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

Etymology 4

From Ukrainian Бар (Bar).

Proper noun

Bar

  1. A city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Translations

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baːɐ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

Borrowed in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.

Noun

Bar f (genitive Bar, plural Bars)

  1. bar (desk)
  2. night club (pub)
Declension
Descendants
  • Hungarian: bár

Etymology 2

Scholarly creation from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, weight).

Noun

Bar n (strong, genitive Bars, plural Bars)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
  2. cash
Declension

Further reading

  • Bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Bar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Bar” in Duden online

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Clipping of Antivari, derived Latin Antibarum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâːr/

Proper noun

Bȃr m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р)

  1. Bar (a town and municipality of Montenegro)

Declension

References

  • Bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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