barn
Significat
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- A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
- (informal) An arena.
- (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[bɑɹn]
Etimologia
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.
Related words
Millora la teva pronunciació
Comenceu a aprendre anglès amb learnfeliz .
Practica parlar i memoritzar " barn " i moltes altres paraules i frases a anglès .
Aneu a la nostra pàgina del curs anglès
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