# EuroLex/F/Baron

* Original language: baron
* Original form and meaning: French - 1. baron (male and female)
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | barÃ³ (male), baronessa (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | barun (male), barunica (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | baron (male), baronka/baronesa (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | baron (male), baronesse (female) | ... | 'meaning 1 and also (only baron): a very wealthy or powerful businessman' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | baron (male), barones (female) | ... | 'meaning 1 and also (only baron): a very wealthy or powerful businessman' | '...' | ... |
| English | baron (male), baroness (female) | 13c | 'meaning 1 (being a British peer of the lowest rank or a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank), and also (only baron): a very wealthy or powerful businessman (an oil baron), a cut of beef consisting of a double sirloin or a cut of mutton or lamb comprising the two loins, or saddle, and the hind legs' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | parun (male), paruniproua/paruness (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | paroni (male), paronitar (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Baron (male), Baronin (female) | ... | 'meaning 1, and also (only Baron): a very wealthy or powerful businessman (Ãlbaron)' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | bÃ¡rÃ³ (male), bÃ¡rÃ³nÅ (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | barÃºn (male), banbharÃºn (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | barone (male), baronessa (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | barons (male), baronese (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | baronas (male), baroniene (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | baruni (male), barunessa (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | baron (male), baronesse (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | baron (male), baronowa/baronÃ³wna (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | barÃ£o, baronesa | ... | 'meaning 1, and also (only barÃ£o): a very wealthy or powerful businessman' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | barun, barunessa | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | barÃ³n (male), barÃ³nka (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | baron (male), baronica (female) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | barÃ³n, baronesa | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | baron (male), baronessa (female) | ... | 'meaning 1 and also (only baron): a very wealthy or powerful businessman' | '...' | ... |

### Annotations

Etymology:
http://dictionary.reference.com: ME < AF, OF < LL barÅn- (s.of barÅ) "man" < Gmc; sense "cut of beef"
http://www.etymonline.com: from O.Fr. baron, acc. of ber "military leader", perhaps from Frank. baro "freeman, man"; merged with cognate O.E. beorn "nobleman"