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Meaning of Barn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
[bɑɹn]

Definitions

  1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
  2. A child.
    dialectal
  3. A diminutive of the male given names Barney, Barnabas, Barnaby, or Barnett.
  4. A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
  5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname; diminutive of Barnard (“surname”).
  6. An arena.
    informal
  7. A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.
    slang

Equivalents

Беларуская асе́ць ёўня клуня хлеў
Български обор хамбар
Català pallissa
Cymraeg ysgubor
Dansk lade stald
Ελληνικά αχυρώνας
Esperanto garbejo
Eesti küün Rehi
فارسی طویله
Français barn fenil grange
Gaeilge scioból
Gàidhlig sabhal
Galego celeiro
עברית אסם
हिन्दी खलिहान बाड़ी
Հայերեն ախոռ գոմ փարախ
Bahasa Indonesia gudang pertanian kandang
Íslenska hlaða
Italiano barn fienile granaio stalla
日本語 厩舎 家畜小屋 納屋
Қазақша сарай
ខ្មែរ ជង្រុក តឹក
한국어 곡창 헛간
Kurdî aba lam şûra
Latina horreum stadile
Lëtzebuergesch Schéier
ລາວ ເລົ່າ
Lietuvių tvartas
Latviešu klēts kūts
Македонски амбар плевна
Монгол амбаар
Bahasa Melayu bangsal
Nederlands schuur
Polski barn gumienny gumno kłunia stodoła
Português barn celeiro
Română hambar șură
Slovenčina stodola
Slovenščina hlev štala
Shqip hambar
Svenska barn låda ladugård lagård
Türkmençe ammar
Tagalog kamalig
Türkçe ahır ambar
Oʻzbekcha ombor
Tiếng Việt kho lam vựa
Yorùbá àbá ahéré aka

Examples

“One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.”
“Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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