Bar

the Bar

1. (law) Alternative spelling of bar.

From Serbo-Croatian Bȃr.

Bar

1. A town and municipality of Montenegro.

Shortenings.

Bar

1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Barry.
   • 2008, Richard Uhlig, Last Dance at the Frosty Queen:

     Barry is there, playing Ms. Pac-Man.
     "Hey, Bar."
     "Well, have you met him yet?" Barry asks.

From Ukrainian Бар (Bar).

Bar

1. A town in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

From בר.

Bar

1. A male or female given name from Hebrew.
   • 2025 October 15, Emanuel Fabian, “Katz visits freed hostage Bar Kupershtein, thanks him for bravery at Nova festival”, in The Times Of Israel‎^[1]:

     Defense Minister Israel Katz paid a visit to released hostage Bar Kuperstein, who was an off-duty soldier when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova party near Re’im on October 7, 2023.

   • 2025 October 15, “Israeli model Bar Refaeli blasts Penelope Cruz over Instagram post”, in Israel Hayom‎^[2]:

     After Spanish actress Penelope Cruz posted an Instagram story showing released Palestinian prisoners reuniting with their families for the first time, Israeli model Bar Refaeli felt compelled to respond.

• Rab, Bra, ABR, bra, arb, Arb., ARB, abr., RBA

• IPA^(key): [baːɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Borrowed in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.

Bar f (genitive Bar, plural Bars)

1. bar (desk)
2. night club (pub)

• Bardame, Barhocker, Bartresen, Barkellner
• Eisbar, Getränkebar, Nachtbar, Tanzbar, Wasserpfeifenbar

• → Hungarian: bár

Scholarly creation from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Bar n (strong, genitive Bars, plural Bars)

1. bar (unit of pressure)
2. cash

• “Bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bar” in Duden online

From bār (“boar”)

• IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Bār m

1. a male given name

Clipping of Antivari, from Latin Antibarum.

• IPA^(key): /bâːr/

Bȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р, relational adjective bàrskī)

1. Bar (a town and municipality of Montenegro)

• “Bar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Bar

1. abbreviation of Baruk (biblical book)