barber
English
/ˈbɑː.bə/, /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English barbour derived from barbour derived from Old French barbeor derived from Latin barba (beard, a beard).
Origin
Latin
barba
Gloss
beard, a beard
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髭
Emoji
👳 🧔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barbal English
- barberess English
- barberfish English
- barbering English
- barbermonger English
- barbershop English
- barbershopper English
- fish English
- monger English
- shop English
- *barbutus Latin
- *barbūtus Latin
- barba Latin
- barbiger Latin
- barbula Latin
- Barbier German
- barba Italian
- barbier French
- barbote French
- барбершоп Russian
- barba Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰardʰ-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰardʰeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- barbour Middle English
- barbe Old French
- barbeor Old French
- barbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bărbie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- barber Indonesian
- barba Old Portuguese
- barbã Aromanian
- bãrbutã Aromanian
- abarbar Occitan
- barba Occitan
- *farβā Proto-Italic
- barba Romansh
- barba Asturian
- barbe Friulian
- barba Old Occitan
- barba Sicilian
- varba Sicilian
- varva Sicilian
- barbour xno
- bàrba Ligurian
- buarba Dalmatian
- *barv Proto-Brythonic
- barba Piedmontese
- barba Emilian
- berba Emilian
- bèrba Emilian
- borbĕ Istro-Romanian