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barn

/ˈbɑːn/BAHRN
/ˈbɑɹn/BAHRN

Meaningbarley-house

Common meaning: a farm building for crops or animals

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bear, carry’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 231, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbere-ærn‘barley store’sourceB&T
  3. Old EnglishbernsourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishbernesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsbarley store → a farm building for crops or animalsbarn‘a farm building for crops or animals’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English bere + ærn ‘barley + house’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BARN, p. 52 · dictionary scan

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