barbier

See also: Barbier and bărbier

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch barbier, from Old French barbier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑrˈbiːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bar‧bier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

barbier m (plural barbiers, diminutive barbiertje n, feminine barbierster)

1. (chiefly historical) barber (hairdresser)
2. (historical) surgeon

Derived terms

• barbieren

Descendants

• Negerhollands: barbeer, barbier, barbierman
• → Caribbean Hindustani: bárbir
• → Caribbean Javanese: barbir
• → Indonesian: barbir
• → Sranan Tongo: barbir

French

Etymology

From barbe +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.bje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

barbier m (plural barbiers, feminine barbière)

1. barber

   C'est alors qu'un Sicilien à voix forte entra dans la boutique, crevant cette tranquillité ; que le barbier, tout causant aussitôt, ne rasa plus que d'une main distraite et, d'un franc coup de lame, vlan ! écornifla le bouton. (Gide, Les Caves du Vatican, 1914)

Descendants

• → Middle High German: barbier
  • German: Barbier
    • → Hungarian: borbély

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

barbier

1. imperative singular of barbieren
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of barbieren

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch barbier.

Noun

barbier (plural barbier-barbier, informal 1st possessive barbierku, 2nd possessive barbiermu, 3rd possessive barbiernya)

1. (Dutch East Indies) barber

Further reading

• Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe [Dictionary Book: all foreign words which are commonly used in Malay newspapers], Batavia: Sin Po, page 24