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bar.

bar (establishment)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/baʁ//bɑʁ/Canada
  1. bar (establishment)

    masculine
  2. bar (counter)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From English bar. Doublet of barre.

noun/baʁ//bɑʁ/Canada
  1. bass (fish)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French bars (12th c.), from Frankish *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”). Depending on the age of the borrowing, it may not be directly from Frankish, but from later Old Dutch (cf. modern Dutch baars). The final -s was interpreted in Old French as the nominative-singular and accusative-plural suffix, leading to the backformation bar.

noun/baʁ//bɑʁ/Canada
  1. bar (unit)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).

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