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barby

/bˈɑɹbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
bar-by
IPA
/bˈɑɹbi/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.

name

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5470).

name

A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

name

A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.

name

A town on the Elbe in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Etymology

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

Origin

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

barbie darby

Questions

How do you pronounce barby?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑɹbi/.
What does barby mean?
Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
Where does barby come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce barby

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