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bar.

bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbar]Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia[ˈbar]Balearic[ˈba]Balearic

  1. bar (establishment where alcohol is served)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.

adj[ˈbar]Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia[ˈbar]Balearic[ˈba]Balearic

  1. traitorous

    feminine · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun[ˈbar]Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia[ˈbar]Balearic[ˈba]Balearic

  1. bar (unit of measure)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

noun[ˈbar]Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia[ˈbar]Balearic[ˈba]Balearic

  1. traitor

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

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