Translation
to bar, block
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Word origin
From French barrer ('to block'), from barre ('a bar'), which goes back to Late Latin barra. English bar, barrier and barricade all come from the same Latin word.
- Origin
- French, from Late Latin barra
- Root
- barra
- English cognates
- bar, barrier, barricade
Examples
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A big tree fell and blocked the road.
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The soldiers barred the gate of the town.
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No one can bar the way to the truth.
The -- derivation is the everyday one: is a fence or barrier, the thing that does the blocking. works figuratively too, blocking the way to progress, peace or the truth.
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Word family
Words built on bari with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- barilonoun
fence, barrier
bari-il-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 10: bari, disputi, oportuna and 6 more words.