barse

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹs/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”). ==== Noun ==== barse (plural barses) The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch. ===== Related terms ===== bass ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Blend of balls +‎ arse. ==== Noun ==== barse (plural barses) (UK, vulgar, slang) The perineum of a man. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:barse. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:perineum. === Anagrams === saber, bares, rabes, besra, Saber, Bears, baser, Brase, bears, sabre, BSAer, Breas, Bares, braes == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic *bars. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bars/ === Noun === barse bass (fish) === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[4], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154