barber
English
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Etymology
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*bʰardʰéh₂ |
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.bə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
Noun
barber (plural barbers)
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
Derived terms
- barber chair
- barber-chair
- barber itch
- barber paradox
- barber pole, barber's pole
- barber's block
- barber's clerk
- barber shop
- barbershop
- barber's itch
- barber's itch
- barber's sign
- barber surgeon
- keep it on the barber pole
- never ask the barber if you need a haircut
- sleeping barber problem
Descendants
- → Indonesian: barber
- → Polish: barber
Translations
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Verb
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
Translations
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Anagrams
- Barbre
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- birber
Noun
barber m (plural barberi)
- barber (profession)
Derived terms
- barbirii / barbirie
Catalan
Etymology
From barba + -er.
Noun
barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera)
- barber
Further reading
- “barber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From barbe + -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁ.be/
Audio (file)
Verb
barber
- (informal) to bore someone
- Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | barber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | barbant /baʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | barbé /baʁ.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | barbe /baʁb/ | barbes /baʁb/ | barbe /baʁb/ | barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ | barbez /baʁ.be/ | barbent /baʁb/ |
imperfect | barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ | barbais /baʁ.bɛ/ | barbait /baʁ.bɛ/ | barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ | barbiez /baʁ.bje/ | barbaient /baʁ.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | barbai /baʁ.be/ | barbas /baʁ.ba/ | barba /baʁ.ba/ | barbâmes /baʁ.bam/ | barbâtes /baʁ.bat/ | barbèrent /baʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
future | barberai /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ | barberas /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ | barbera /baʁ.bə.ʁa/ | barberons /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | barberez /baʁ.bə.ʁe/ | barberont /baʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | barberais /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | barberait /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | barberions /baʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | barberiez /baʁ.bə.ʁje/ | barberaient /baʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | barbe /baʁb/ | barbes /baʁb/ | barbe /baʁb/ | barbions /baʁ.bjɔ̃/ | barbiez /baʁ.bje/ | barbent /baʁb/ |
imperfect2 | barbasse /baʁ.bas/ | barbasses /baʁ.bas/ | barbât /baʁ.ba/ | barbassions /baʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ | barbassiez /baʁ.ba.sje/ | barbassent /baʁ.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | barbe /baʁb/ | — | barbons /baʁ.bɔ̃/ | barbez /baʁ.be/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- barbant
References
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “barber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English barber, Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbar.bər]
- Hyphenation: bar‧bêr
Noun
barber (first-person possessive barberku, second-person possessive barbermu, third-person possessive barbernya)
- (colloquial) barber a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- Synonyms: tukang cukur, pemangkas rambut
Alternative forms
- barbir
Further reading
- “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
barber
- imperative of barbere
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English barber, from Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe, from Latin barba. Doublet of balwierz and broda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbar.bɛr/
- Rhymes: -arbɛr
- Syllabification: bar‧ber
Noun
barber m pers (feminine barberka)
- barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | barber | barberzy |
genitive | barbera | barberów |
dative | barberowi | barberom |
accusative | barbera | barberów |
instrumental | barberem | barberami |
locative | barberze | barberach |
vocative | barberze | barberzy |
Related terms
- barberingowy
- barbering
Further reading
- barber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- barber in Polish dictionaries at PWN