"bar (place to drink)" in seven languages
Meaningbar (place to drink)
Spanish
bar
/baɾ/
masc.borrowed · English bar
plural: bares
French
bar
/baʁ/
masc.borrowed · English bar
Italian
bar
/bar/
masc.borrowed · English bar
Invariable: due bar.
Portuguese
bar
/bah/
masc.borrowed · English bar
Romanian
bar
/bar/
neut.borrowed · French bar (from English)
Catalan
bar
/baɾ/
masc.borrowed · English bar
English
bar
/bɑɹ/
from Latin/French · Old French barre 'bar, rod'
English → Italianbar (place to drink)barCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
English bar‘counter (originally 'barrier, rod')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English took barre from French, used it for the counter drinks are served over, and lent it back to all three. In Spain and Italy the bar is also where you have your morning coffee.
English relatives: barrier
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In a sentence
- esQuedamos en el bar de la esquina.
- frOn se retrouve au bar du coin.
- itCi vediamo al bar all'angolo.
- ptA gente se encontra no bar da esquina.
- roNe vedem la barul din colț.
- caQuedem al bar de la cantonada.
- enLet's meet at the bar on the corner.
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