English Explanatory Dictionary

barr

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make the sound of an elephant.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of bar.
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of bar.
name
  1. An English and Scottish surname.
  2. A commune in Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
  3. A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX2794).
  4. A locality in Bishop's Hull parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1925).
  5. A township in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
  6. A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pronunciation

/bɑɹ/

Word forms

barr barrs barring barred

Etymology

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

Related words

Great Barr Perry Barr

Derived words

Barr body Barr trilobite
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