Bart

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
• Homophones: BART, baht (non-rhotic)

Bart (plural Barts)

1. (UK) Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.).

   Synonym: Bt

   • 1867, W.S. Gilbert, Joe Golightly:

     The First Lord's daughter proud,
     Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly—
     She sneered at barts aloud.
     And spurned poor Joe Golightly.

Bart

1. A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.

• BRAT, T-bar, brat

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• IPA^(key): /bɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: Bart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

Bart m

1. a male given name

Inherited from Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (“beard”), possibly from *bʰers-.Compare Dutch baard, Luxembourgish Baart, West Frisian burd, English beard.

• IPA^(key): /baːrt/, [baːʁt], [baːɐ̯t], [baːt]
• IPA^(key): /bart/, [b̥ɑrt], [b̥ɑːt] (southern)

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• Homophones: Bad, bat (some speakers)

Bart m (strong, genitive Bartes or Barts, plural Bärte, diminutive Bärtchen n)

1. beard
2. bit (the part of a key which interacts with the lock)

• “Bart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bart” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bart” in Duden online
• Bart on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Bart” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.