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barrage
noun, masculine
dam, barrage; barrier, roadblock; playoff
barre
noun, feminine
bar, cake, ingot; clipping of barre oblique: the slash mark ⟨/⟩; clipping of barre de fraction: the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩; clipping of barre inscrite: the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩; clipping of barre verticale: the vertical bar ⟨|⟩
barre chocolatée
noun, feminine
candy bar, chocolate bar (kind of candy in the shape of a bar, often made of chocolate)
barre d'espace
noun, feminine
space bar (key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed)
barre d'outils
noun, feminine
toolbar
barre de chocolat
noun, feminine
candy bar, chocolate bar (kind of candy in the shape of a bar, often made of chocolate)
barre de céréales
noun, feminine
cereal bar, granola bar (snack composed of some form of breakfast cereal that has been compressed into a bar shape and is held together with some form of edible adhesive)
barre de fraction
noun, feminine
the fraction bar; the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
barre de menu
noun, feminine
menu bar
barre de mesure
noun, feminine
bar line
barre de recherche
noun, feminine
search box, search bar, search field
barre de reprise
noun, feminine
repeat sign
barre de traction
noun, feminine
pull-up bar
barre des tâches
noun, feminine
taskbar
barre fixe
noun, feminine
horizontal bar
barre inscrite
noun, feminine
the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩
barre oblique
noun, feminine
the slash mark ⟨/⟩
barre oblique inverse
noun, feminine
backslash (\)
the backslash ⟨\⟩
barre russe
noun, feminine
Russian bar
barre transversale
noun, feminine
crossbar (the top of the goal structure)
barre verticale
noun, feminine
the pipe mark ⟨'⟩; pole dance
barre énergétique
noun, feminine
energy bar, breakfast bar (supplemental snack bars containing cereals, micronutrients, and flavour ingredients intended to supply quick food energy)
barreau
noun, masculine
metal bar (of a jail cell, cage etc.); rung (of ladder); spindle (of chair); bar (place where the participants in a trial stand); bar (profession of lawyers)
barrement
noun, masculine
crossing (pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque)
barrer
verb
to bar, bar up (to lock or bolt with a bar); to bar off; to cross out, strike out (put written lines through written text, to show it is erroneous); to go away, to leave, to fuck off; to lock (a door etc.; not necessarily with a bar)
barres asymétriques
noun, feminine
uneven bars
barres parallèles
noun, feminine
parallel bars
barrette
noun, feminine
small bar; barrette (US), (hair) slide (UK); brooch; bar (of medal); bar/slab of hash
barrette
noun, feminine
biretta
barreur
noun, masculine
helmsman; cox
barricade
noun, feminine
barricade
to barricade
barrique
noun, feminine
barrel, cask; fatty, fatso
barrir
verb
to trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant's cry)
barrissement
noun, masculine
trumpet (the sound of an elephant)
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of barrir
barrière
noun, feminine
barrier; fence
barrière Nadar
noun, feminine
police barrier, crush barrier, crowd control barrier
guardrail
blood-brain barrier
language barrier (conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other)
barrot
noun, masculine
beam (crosspiece)
barré
adjective
barred; bendy sinister; made up of diagonal stripes; crazy, insane
barrésien
adjective
Barrèsian
barsac
noun, masculine
Barsac (wine)
bartavelle
noun, feminine
rock partridge (of species Alectoris graeca)
barthésien
adjective
Barthesian
bartonien
adjective
Bartonian
barycentre
noun, masculine
barycenter
barycentrique
adjective
barycentric
barye
noun, feminine
barye
barymétrie
noun, feminine
barymetry
barymétrique
adjective
barymetric
baryogénèse
noun, feminine
baryogenesis
baryon
noun, masculine
baryon
baryonique
adjective
baryonic
barysphère
noun, feminine
barysphere
baryte
noun, feminine
barite
barytique
adjective
barytic