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barn en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [ˈbɑːn] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbäːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɑɻn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɒɹn] rhotic
  • [ˈbaɹn] (Ireland, Scotland)
  • [ˈbɑɹn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɐ̞ːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɒən] non-rhotic

Etymology

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”). More at rest and barley. For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.

Meanings

  1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
    • One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  2. (qualifier:nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
  3. (informal) An arena.
    • Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
  4. (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barns Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

microbarn · barn find · barnraising · fire barn · barnlike · millibarn · barnstar · barn coat · tithebarn · barn-like · barn burner · picobarn · around Robin Hood's barn · raised in a barn · close the barn door after the horse has bolted · barnburning · barn egg · kilobarn · Pottery Barn rule · the cow is out of the barn · haybarn · megabarn · car barn · barnful · carbarn · barnless · Besses o' th' Barn · attobarn · barn-raising · barnmate · barn-star · embarn · not be able to hit the broad side of a barn · barn cat · house-barn · barndoor · born in a barn · New Barn · barn owl · barn star · barn sale · playbarn · bus barn · bit by a barn mouse · zeptobarn · barn dance · big as a barn · tithe barn · barn doors · barnyard · barn dancing · barnstorming · barnburner · Dutch barn · barnstorm · housebarn · Pennsylvania barn · Long Barn · show barn · barnstormer · femtobarn · barn red · imbarn · Barns Green · milking barn · barn raising · house barn · the long way around the barn · barndominium · pole barn · Barnburner · pony in the barn · barnboard · barnwood · smell the barn · horsebarn · barn swallow · barn door · cowbarn · barnfloor · nanobarn

Translations (186)

el αχυρώνας (building) · yo abà (building) · pdt Staul (building) · unm aèsësikaon (building) · lt kluonas (building) · sh štágalj (building) · kok गोटो (building) · es troja (building) · tr ambar (building) · ro șură (building) · syc ܐܕܪܐ (building) · fi aitta (building) · hil kamalig (building) · vi lẫm (building) · hi खलिहान (building) · ltg klāvs (building) · hy ախոռ (building) · be стадо́ла (building) · uz ombor (building) · bg пле́вня (building) · yo àká (building) · es barn (unit) · vi vựa (building) · ka გომი (building) · kmr kadîn (building) · pl barn (unit) · ru амба́р (building) · ka გომური (building) · be хлеў (building) · be клець (building) · es hórreo (building) · fi barni (unit) · pox gord (building) · nrf grange (building) · fa کاهدان (building) · ru ови́н (building) · nb låve (building) · os гон (building) · es troje (building) · uk гу́мно (building) · sv lagård (building) · ca pallissa (building) · ms bangsal (building) · arz شونة (building) · hy փարախ (building) · sh а̏мба̄р (building) · lb Scheier (building) · lv klēts (building) · pl gumno (building) · orv овинъ (building) · ja 家畜小屋 (building) · se návet (building) · ar حَظِيرَة (building) · hy գոմ (building) · he אָסָם (building) · izh tanvas (building) · str SOX̱ELÁU¸TW̱ (building) · tr ahır (building) · vo lecek (building) · be клу́ня (building) · id gudang pertanian (building) · wa xheure (building) · it fienile (building) · ar زَرِيبَة (building) · yo ahéré (building) · is hlaða (building) · grc ἀχυρών (building) · mhn stòll (building) · la horreum (building) · uk комо́ра (building) · es trox (building) · ga scioból (building) · fi lato (building) · pt barn (unit) · bg обо́р (building) · sah хотон (building) · uk клу́ня (building) · eo garbejo (building) · fr barn (unit) · az anbar (building) · el μπαρν (unit) · tk ammar (building) · sl hlev (building) · cmn 糧倉 /粮仓 (building) · nl schuur (building) · be асе́ць (building) · sv ladugård (building) · pl stodoła (building) · cy ysgubor (building) · ca pallera (building) · de Scheune (building) · tl kamalig (building) · et küün (building) · crh anbar (building) · ja 納屋 (building) · os хордон (building) · sh ȁmbār (building) · dsb brožnja (building) · da stald (building) · gl celeiro (building) · sv barn (unit) · uk сара́й (building) · mk а́мбар (building) · cmn 穀倉 /谷仓 (building) · nn løe (building) · vo veteralecek (building) · lt tvartas (building) · lo ເລົ້າ (building) · vo jevodalecek (building) · lo ອູ່ (building) · be сві́ран (building) · str MUSMESÁU¸TW̱ (building) · sq haur (building) · ru сара́й (building) · wa gregne (building) · grc καλιά (building) · str STIḴIUÁU¸TW̱ (building) · fr fenil (building) · be амба́р (building) · ru гумно́ (building) · fo fjós (building) · la stadīle (building) · ka ბეღელი (building) · it granaio (building) · et rehi (building) · es troj (building) · ceb kamalig (building) · da lade (building) · th โรงนา (building) · fr grange (building) · syc ܐܘܨܪܐ (building) · uz omborxona (building) · ro hambar (building) · de Stall (building) · de Scheuer (building) · fa طویله (building) · sl štala (building) · ky сарай (building) · th ยุ้ง (building) · fa انبار کاه (building) · mn амбаар (building) · de Stadel (building) · kk қамба (building) · uk о́сить (building) · xsv klēte (building) · frr Buusem (building) · alt алмар (building) · ko 헛간 (building) · pt celeiro (building) · fi navetta (building) · lt svirnas (building) · lv kūts (building) · vi kho (building) · es galpón (building) · de Schuppen (building) · sh шта́гаљ (building) · uk стодо́ла (building) · de Barn (unit) · hu pajta (building) · ru барн (unit) · hu istálló (building) · sq hambar (building) · es alfolí (building) · id kandang (building) · km ជង្រុក (building) · cs stodola (building) · es pósito (building) · jje 헛간 (building) · it stalla (building) · mk пле́вна (building) · nn låve (building) · es cilla (building) · be ёўня (building) · sk stodola (building) · tg анбор (building) · fi karjasuoja (building) · km តឹក (building) · bg хамба́р (building) · es cillero (building) · it barn (unit) · kk сарай (building) · hu csűr (building) · uk амба́р (building) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (building) · sv lada (building) · gd sabhal (building)

barn en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [ˈbɑːn] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbäːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɑɻn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɒɹn] rhotic
  • [ˈbaɹn] (Ireland, Scotland)
  • [ˈbɑɹn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɐ̞ːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɒən] non-rhotic

Etymology

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”). More at rest and barley. For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • Hypocrites, in like manner, so act holiness that they pass for saints before men, whose censures often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times; Good Thoughts in Worse Times; Mixt Contemplations in Better Times, published 1863, page 165:
    • But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, line 859:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barns Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barned Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

imbarn

Translations (3)

es entrujar (Translations) · es atrojar (Translations) · es entrojar (Translations)

barn en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [ˈbɑːn] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbäːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɑɻn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɒɹn] rhotic
  • [ˈbaɹn] (Ireland, Scotland)
  • [ˈbɑɹn] (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈbɐ̞ːn] Australia, Wales, Boston, New Zealand, parts of England
  • [ˈbɒən] non-rhotic

Etymology

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, progeny”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). Doublet of bairn. Cognate to West Frisian bern (“child, children”), Middle Dutch baren (“child”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:certain Northern England dialects; otherwise obsolete; certain Northern England dialects; otherwise obsolete) A child.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barns Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

bairn (child)