barre

French

noun
Definitions
  • bar, cake, ingot
  • (typography) : the slash mark ⟨/⟩
  • (typography) : the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
  • (typography) : the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩
  • (typography) : the pipe mark ⟨Unsupported titles/Vertical ⟩
  • (typography) : the backslash ⟨\⟩
  • (nautical) helm, tiller
  • (heraldiccharge) bend sinister

Etymology

Derived from Middle French barre derived from Old French barre (bar, barrier, beam, gate, bolt) derived from Latin *barra derived from Frankish *bara (bar, fence, barrier, beam) derived from Proto-Germanic *barō (beam, barrier, bar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (pierce, strike, brown, bore, dig, cut, carve, grey, rub, split).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰerH-

Gloss

pierce, strike, brown, bore, dig, cut, carve, grey, rub, split

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

褐

Emoji

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