barbier
See also: Barbier and bărbier
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch barbier, from Old French barbier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑrˈbiːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bar‧bier
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
barbier m (plural barbiers, diminutive barbiertje n, feminine barbierster)
- (chiefly historical) barber (hairdresser)
- (historical) surgeon
Derived terms
- barbieren
Descendants
- Negerhollands: barbeer, barbier, barbierman
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bárbir
- → Caribbean Javanese: barbir
- → Indonesian: barbir
- → Sranan Tongo: barbir
French
Etymology
barbe + -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁ.bje/
Audio (file)
Noun
barbier m (plural barbiers, feminine barbière)
- barber
- C'est alors qu'un Sicilien à voix forte entra dans la boutique, crevant cette tranquillité ; que le barbier, tout causant aussitôt, ne rasa plus que d'une main distraite et, d'un franc coup de lame, vlan ! écornifla le bouton. (Gide, Les Caves du Vatican, 1914)
Descendants
- → Middle High German: barbier
- German: Barbier
- → Hungarian: borbély
- German: Barbier
Further reading
- “barbier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
barbier
- imperative singular of barbieren
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of barbieren