barré

See also: barre and barrë

English

Adjective

barré (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of barry

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁe/ ~ /bɑ.ʁe/

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Participle

barré (feminine barrée, masculine plural barrés, feminine plural barrées)

1. past participle of barrer

Adjective

barré (feminine barrée, masculine plural barrés, feminine plural barrées)

1. barred
2. (heraldry) bendy sinister; made up of diagonal stripes
3. (informal) crazy, insane
   • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime:

     J’ sais pas pourquoi j’ me parle à moi-même au lieu d’écrire des poèmes, mais ils seraient sûrement barrés.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “barré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• arbre

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barré. Doublet of barrato.

Adjective

barré (invariable)

1. (music) barred (having the fingers placed across several strings of an instrument)

Anagrams

• berrà

Spanish

Verb

barré

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of barrar
2. second-person singular voseo imperative of barrer