bars

See also: Bars, BARS, bärs, bårs, Bärs, and bārs

English

bars (4)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

bars

1. plural of bar

Noun

bars pl (plural only)

1. (gymnastics) An apparatus on which certain gymnastics are performed.
   1. Ellipsis of parallel bars.
   2. Ellipsis of uneven bars.
2. (sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars.

Derived terms

• (gymnastics event): asymmetric bars, parallel bars, uneven bars

Translations

gymnastics event — see also parallel bars,‎ uneven bars

• Finnish: nojapuut (fi)
• Russian: бру́сья (ru) m pl (brúsʹja)

grating, grill, grid

• Azerbaijani: barmaqlıq, məhəccər
• Belarusian: кра́ты f pl (kráty), рашо́тка f (rašótka)
• Bulgarian: реше́тка (bg) f (rešétka)
• Czech: mříž (cs) f, mřížka (cs) f
• French: grille (fr) f
• German: Gitter (de) n
• Macedonian: решетка f (rešetka)
• Polish: krata (pl) f
• Russian: решётка (ru) f (rešótka)
• Slovak: mriežka f
• Ukrainian: ґра́ти (uk) f pl (gráty), реші́тка (uk) f (rešítka)

References

• “bars”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Gymnastics

Verb

bars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bar

Interjection

bars

1. (slang) Said in response to a statement found to be witty, profound, well-spoken, or impactful.

   Coordinate terms: bar, that's a bar

   That's bars!

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BRAS, arbs, bras, sbar

Catalan

Noun

bars

1. plural of bar

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂. Stearns argues that the spelling is a misprint for unattested *bart. Compare Dutch baard, German Bart, and English beard.

Noun

bars

1. beard
   • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:

     Bars. Barba.

     Beard. Beard.

Danish

Noun

bars c

1. indefinite genitive singular of bar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German [Term?].

Adjective

bars (comparative barser, superlative meest bars or barst)

1. stern, strict

Declension

Declension of bars
uninflected	bars
inflected	barse
comparative	barser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bars	barser	het barst het barste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	barse	barsere	barste
	n. sing.	bars	barser	barste
	plural	barse	barsere	barste
definite		barse	barsere	barste
partitive		bars	barsers	—

Derived terms

• barsheid

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bars

1. plural of bar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/ ~ /bɑʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

bars m

1. plural of bar

Anagrams

• bras

Latvian

Noun

bars m (1st declension)

1. crowd
2. multitude
3. crush
4. throng
5. brood (a group of young birds)
6. herd
7. pod (a group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami)
8. plump (a knot or cluster)
9. be-in

Declension

Declension of bars (1st)

	singular	plural
nominative	bars	bari
genitive	bara	baru
dative	baram	bariem
accusative	baru	barus
instrumental	baru	bariem
locative	barā	baros
vocative	bar	bari

Middle English

Noun

bars

1. alternative form of bace

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *br̥ǵʰús

Proto-Balto-Slavic *burźus

Proto-Slavic *bъ̑rzъ

Old Polish barzy

Proto-Slavic *-o

Old Polish -o

Old Polish barzo

Polish bardzoclip.

Polish bars

Clipping of bardzo.

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈbars]

Adverb

bars (not comparable)

1. (Przemyśl) synonym of bardzo (“very”)

Further reading

• Antoni Kalina, editor (1898), “bars”, in Lud. Organ Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego we Lwowie‎^[1] (in Polish), volume 4, Lviv: Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, page 307

Swedish

Noun

bars

1. indefinite genitive singular of bar

Verb

bars

1. past passive indicative of bära