Bar

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Shortenings.

Proper noun

Bar

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Barry.
    • 2008, Richard Uhlig, Last Dance at the Frosty Queen:
      Barry is there, playing Ms. Pac-Man.
      "Hey, Bar."
      "Well, have you met him yet?" Barry asks.

Etymology 4

From Ukrainian Бар (Bar).

Proper noun

Bar

  1. A town in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
Translations

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baːɐ]
  • Audio (Berlin):(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

Old English

Etymology

From bār (boar)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːr/

Proper noun

Bār m

  1. a male given name

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Clipping of Antivari, from Latin Antibarum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâːr/

Proper noun

Bȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р, relational adjective bàrskī)

  1. Bar (a town and municipality of Montenegro)

Declension

References

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