barn

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
2. A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
3. (informal) An arena.
4. (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

Verb

To lay up in a barn.

Sinonieme

granary

stable

shed

storehouse

warehouse

shanty

shack

barrack

garner

cowshed

stall

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store

barnyard

bin

casern

cellar

depository

godown

grain elevator

grange

loft

magazine

repository

silo

stand

storage place

storehouse for grain

pen

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horse barn

depot

cowhouse

cote

car barn

corral

cattle-shed

stock barn

attic

byre

breadbasket

garage

farm building

cattle shed

cowbarn

elevator

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grain store

hangar

livestock shed

flea-pit

outhouse

Vertalings

grange

granaio

Scheune

granero

schuur

celeiro

ahır

Stall

barn

αχυρώνας

loods

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barn

stalla

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[bɑɹn]

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: barn

Geërf van Old English: bearn

Verwante met Old Norse: rann

Verwante met Middle Dutch: baren

In summary

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.

Sinne

Her family had a barn and orchard that kept her entertained .