Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barse

/bɑɹs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: barse
IPA: /bɑɹs/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.

noun

The perineum of a man.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"So the prospects for this were pretty bad, and truly the most exciting thing I got out of watching this was feeling a pool of cold sweat collect in the hairy part of my barse, so livid was I with the treatment of Hooper's original classic."
"The padding is also way too thin and I'm constantly aware of the pressure on my barse (I think perinium^([sic]) is the correct term) - something I don't have with my other shorts or tights."
"Going to be a cruiser style one me thinks, low seat making it easy to swing my leg over, laid back riding position, bit wide seat for my arse cheeks to sit on, rather than my barse being perched on a plank seat,"

Etymology

From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bars, bærs, *bars, *barsaz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɑɹs/
British English: /bɑːs/

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

barses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bass

Rhymes With

arse sparse farce parse pars fars marse farse searce

Questions

How do you pronounce barse?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑɹs/.
What does barse mean?: The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
Where does barse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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