bar

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
2. A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
4. A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
6. Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
7. The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
8. A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
9. A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
10. The counter of such premises.
11. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
12. Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
13. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
14. An establishment offering cosmetic services.
15. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
16. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
17. A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
18. A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
19. The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
20. The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
21. Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
22. One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
23. A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
24. One of those musical sections.
25. A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
26. Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
27. The crossbar.
28. The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
29. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
30. A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially
31. A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
32. One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
33. A city gate, in some British place names.
34. A drilling or tamping rod.
35. A vein or dike crossing a lode.
36. A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
37. The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
38. The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
39. (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
40. (slang) A complimentary reference to a rapper's lyrics, especially when good.

Verb

1. To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
2. To prohibit.
3. To lock or bolt with a bar.
4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Prep

1. Except, other than, besides.
2. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Concepts

bar

barre

barrer

mesure

bloquer

barreau

comptoir

interdire

bâton

lingot

tige

tablette

buvette

zinc

gaule

barrière

café

obstacle

bistro

pub

perche

raie

exclure

arrêter

bannir

vente de boissons

empêcher

faire obstacle

débit de boissons

dose

mensuration

modération

retenue

planche

galon

fermer

baguette

bande

barrette

branche

abreuvoir

auberge

écueil

balustrade

grille

excréter

prévenir

prévention

reléguer

beurre

gâteau

rayure

mesurer

tact

profession judiciaire

bride

burèle

burelle

devise

divise

seuil

buffet

verrou

plaque

plaquette

verge

se mettre en travers

sauf

excommunier

exiler

expulser

ostraciser

proscrire

retrancher

treille

baré

salle

saloon

wagon-salon

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɑː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

Phrases

We met Alexander and the bar and had a great time last night .

Nous avons rencontré Alexander et le bar et nous avons passé un bon moment hier soir.