# barber
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɑː.bə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)

### Noun

barber (plural barbers)
* A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
    Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist, (obsolete) tonsor, (obsolete) cutbeard
** 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
* A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
* (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.

#### Derived terms

* barber beats
* barber chair
* barber-chair
* barberess
* barberfish
* barberish
* barber itch
* barberly
* barbermonger
* barber paradox
* barber pole, barber's pole
* barber pole effect
* barber's block
* barber's clerk
* barbershop
* barber shop
* barber's itch
* barber's rash
* barber's sign
* barber surgeon
* conceited as a barber's cat
* jack-knife barber
* never ask the barber if you need a haircut
* poor as a barber's cat
* sleeping barber problem
* thin as a barber's cat

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: barber
* → Polish: barber

#### Translations
### Verb

barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
* (transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
* (intransitive) (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
** 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 29:‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’

#### Derived terms

* unbarbered

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Barbre

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* birber

### Noun

barber m (plural barberi)
* barber (profession)

#### Derived terms

* barbirii / barbirie

## Catalan
### Etymology

From barba +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bərˈbe]
* IPA: (Valencia) [baɾˈbeɾ]

### Noun

barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera)
* barber

### Further reading

* “barber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

From barbe +‎ -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baʁ.be/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

barber
* (informal) to bore someone
** Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)

#### Derived terms

* barbant

### References

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

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English barber, Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbar.bər]
* Hyphenation: bar‧bêr

### Noun

barber (plural barber-barber)
* (colloquial) barber (a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
    Synonyms: tukang cukur, pemangkas rambut

#### Alternative forms

* barbier (1901–1947)
* barbir

### Further reading

* “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

barber
* imperative of barbere

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English barber. Doublet of balwierz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.bɛr/
* Rhymes: -arbɛr
* Syllabification: bar‧ber

### Noun

barber m pers (female equivalent barberka)
* barber (person whose profession is cutting male customers' hair and beards)

#### Related terms

* barberingowy
* barbering

### Further reading

* barber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* barber in Polish dictionaries at PWN