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barber
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English
Etymology
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 the hair and beards of usually male customers.
- Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, (obsolete) tonsor, (obsolete) cutbeard
- 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 beats
- barber chair
- barber-chair
- barberess
- barberfish
- barberish
- barber itch
- barberly
- barbermonger
- barber paradox
- barber pole, barber's pole
- barber pole effect
- barber's block
- barber's clerk
- barbershop
- barber shop
- barber's itch
- barber's rash
- barber's sign
- barber surgeon
- conceited as a barber's cat
- jack-knife barber
- never ask the barber if you need a haircut
- poor as a barber's cat
- sleeping barber problem
- thin as a barber's cat
Descendants
Translations
person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards
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Verb
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
- (transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (intransitive) (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
Derived terms
Translations
to cut the hair
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Aromanian
Alternative forms
Noun
barber m (plural barberi)
- barber (profession)
Derived terms
- barbirii / barbirie
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera, feminine plural barberes)
Further reading
- “barber”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
From barbe + -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.
Pronunciation
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
Conjugation of barber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
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.
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbarbər/ [ˈbar.bər]
- Rhymes: -arbər
- Syllabification: bar‧ber
Noun
- (colloquial) synonym of tukang cukur
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
barber
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barber m pers (female equivalent barberka)
- barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)
Declension
Declension of barber
Related terms
adjective
- barberingowy
noun
Further reading
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