barre
/bɑː//bɑɹ/
barre noun: a handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises. Also the ellipsis of barre chord.
Noun
barre (plural barres)
Verb
barre (third-person singular simple present barres, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)
- To form a barre chord on an instrument.
Proper noun capitalized: Barre
IPA/bæɹi/
Barre (countable and uncountable, plural Barres)
- A surname from French.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after Isaac Barré.
- A town in Orleans County, New York, named after Barre, MA.
- A city and town in Washington County, Vermont, named after Isaac Barré; the city is surrounded by the town.
- A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, probably after Barre, VT.
- A commune in Tarn department, Occitania, France.
Also used as
barre is also the ellipsis of barre chord.
barre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
barre in Hindi
- बार्रे, बैरे, बर्रे
barre in Tamil
- பார்ரே
barre in Marathi
- बार्रे, बॅरे
barre in Urdu
- بارر
More languagesFewer languages
- barre in Bengali
- ব্যারে, বার্রে
- barre in Telugu
- బార్రే, బ్యారే, బార్రె
- barre in Malayalam
- ബാരെ
- barre in Kannada
- ಬ್ಯಾರೆ, ಬಾರ್ರೆ, ಬ್ಯಾರೆಗೆ
- barre in Punjabi
- ਬੈਰੇ, ਬਰੈਰੇ, ਬਾਰ੍ਰੇ
- barre in Gujarati
- બાર્રે, બેર, બેર્રે
- barre in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାରେ
- barre in Nepali
- बार्रे, ब्यारे, बर्रे
- barre in Vietnamese
- bấm ba-rê
Forms of barre
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | barres |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | barres |
| present participle | barring |
| past participle | barred |
| past | barred |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Barres |
Origin of barre
Borrowed from French barre. Doublet of bar.
From the French surname, named after several places containing Barre in France.
Words formed from barre
Phrases with barre
Words that rhyme with barre
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about barre
- What does barre mean?
- Barre means a handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
- What is barre in Hindi?
- Barre in Hindi is बार्रे, बैरे, बर्रे. See Barre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is barre?
- Barre can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce barre?
- Barre is pronounced /bɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of barre?
- The plural of barre is barres.
Words near barre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: barre (page history and authors); Barre (page history and authors); barre (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barre (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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