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WELSH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bar.

bar, post

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/bar/

  1. bar, post

    masculine

  2. bar, block

    masculine

  3. bar, counter

    masculine

  4. bar, counter bar (drinking establishment)

    masculine

  5. bar

    masculine

  6. bar, sandbar, bank

    masculine

  7. the bar

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle English bar.

noun/bar/

  1. top, summit, head

    masculine

  2. tuft, bunch, bush, branch

    masculine · rare
Where this word comes from

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

noun/bar/

  1. bar (non-SI unit of pressure)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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