barber

== 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/ 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 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: barber → Plautdietsch: Barba → Polish: barber ==== Translations ==== === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Barbre == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === birber === Noun === barber m (plural barberi) barber (profession) ==== Derived terms ==== barbirii / barbirie == Catalan == === Etymology === From barba +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bərˈbe] IPA(key): (Valencia) [baɾˈbeɾ] === Noun === barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera, feminine plural barberes) barber === 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 === IPA(key): /baʁ.be/ === 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 ==== ==== 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. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbarbər/ [ˈbar.bər] Rhymes: -arbər Syllabification: bar‧ber === Noun === barbêr (plural barber-barber) (colloquial) synonym of tukang cukur ==== Alternative forms ==== barbier (1901–1947) barbir (rare) === Further reading === “barber”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === barber imperative of barbere == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English barber. Doublet of balwierz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbar.bɛr/ Rhymes: -arbɛr Syllabification: bar‧ber === Noun === barber m pers (female equivalent barberka) barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === barber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN barber in Polish dictionaries at PWN