barr

See also: Barr, Bärr, barr-, bàrr, and bárr

English

Etymology 1

From French barrir (“to trumpet; to make the sound of an elephant”), from Old French barrire, from Late Latin barriō, from Latin barrus (“elephant”).

Verb

barr (third-person singular simple present barrs, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

1. (obsolete) To make the sound of an elephant.
   • 1737, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:

     He gave us also the example of the Philosopher, who, when he thought most seriously to have withdrawn himself unto a solitary Privacy, far from the rufling Clutterments of the tumultuous and confused World, the better to improve his Theory, to contrive, comment, and ratiocinate, was, notwithstanding his uttermost Endeavours to free himself from all untowards Noises, surrounded and environ'd about so with the barking of Curs, howling of Wolves, neighing of Horses, bleating of Sheep, barring of Elephants, hissing of Serpents, braying of Asses, chirping of Grasshoppers, cooing of Turtles […]

Etymology 2

See bar.

Noun

barr (countable and uncountable, plural barrs)

1. Obsolete spelling of bar.

Verb

barr (third-person singular simple present barrs, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)

1. Obsolete spelling of bar.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse barr, from Proto-Germanic *baraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parː/
• Rhymes: -arː

Noun

barr n (genitive singular barrs, no plural)

1. pine needles

Declension

Declension of barr (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	barr	barrið
accusative	barr	barrið
dative	barri	barrinu
genitive	barrs	barrsins

Derived terms

• barrfinka (“siskin”)
• barrskógur
• barrspæta (“great spotted woodpecker”)
• barrtré (“conifer”)
• barrviður