Slovak

Proper noun

Bara f

1. A pet form of the female given name Barbora.

English

Noun

bara ‎(uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) A genre; homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
2. (Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
3. (Internet slang) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Usage notes

• The term barazoku was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but has long since gone out of fashion in Japan, having been replaced by terms like ガチムチ (gachimuchi).
• The term bara often contrasts with yaoi, which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā ‎(“cake, bread”) (compare Welsh bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f ‎(“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁa/

Noun

bara m ‎(plural baraioù)

1. bread

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

bara

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌰

Hausa

Noun

barā̀ m ‎(plural barori, feminine baranya)

1. servant
2. A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

Noun

bar̃ā̀ f ‎(plural barace barace)

1. begging for alms

Noun

bā̀r̃ā f

1. one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something)

Adverb

bā̀ra

1. last year

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish vara/barra.

Noun

bára

1. crowbar
2. yardstick

Icelandic

Adverb

bara

1. only, just, if only

   Ég á bara 200 krónur.‎

   I only have 200 krónur.

   Bara að hann hringi í mig...‎

   If only he'd call me...

2. (emphatic, postpositive) only, just

   Þegiðu bara!‎

   Just shut up!

   Gerðu þetta bara og þegiðu!‎

   Just do it and shut up.

Derived terms

• af því bara (aþþí bara, af því barasta; just because)

Synonyms

• (emphatic: just): barasta

Ilocano

Noun

bara

1. lung

Indonesian

Noun

bara

1. ember

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bara ‎(“flow; intention, design”).

Noun

bara f ‎(genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

1. inclination, intention

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish bara ‎(“barrow”), a borrowing from Old Norse barar.

Noun

bara m ‎(genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

1. barrow

Declension

Derived terms

• bara láimhe ‎(“hand-barrow”)
• bara rotha ‎(“wheel-barrow”)

Mutation

References

• "bara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 bara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 bara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Lombardic bāra ‎(“bier, litter”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną ‎(“to carry”).

Noun

bara f ‎(plural bare)

1. coffin

Etymology 2

Verb

bara

1. third-person singular present indicative of barare
2. second-person singular imperative of barare

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• baro, baara (basilectal Jamaican Creole)

Verb

bara

1. borrow

Japanese

Romanization

bara

1. rōmaji reading of ばら

Javanese

Numeral

bara

1. (cardinal) hundred million (10⁸)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr.

Noun

bāra f

1. bier

Descendants

• German: Bahre
• → Italian: bara

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bera, bara (east old norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

Verb

bara

1. to bare, make bare

Conjugation

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Romanian

Etymology

From French barrer ‎(“to bar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈra/

Verb

a bará ‎(third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conj.

1. to bar; to block

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bȁra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ба̏ра)

1. puddle

Declension

References

• “bara” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَرّ ‎(barr, “mainland”).

Noun

bara (n class, plural bara)

1. mainland
2. continent

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑːˌra]

Adjective

bara

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of bar.

Adverb

bara

1. just, only

   Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.‎

   I'll just read this page too.

   Vi har bara en bil.‎

   We have only one car.

Synonyms

• endast
• enbart
• blott

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bargo-, *barginā- ‎(“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f ‎(“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbara/

Noun

bara m

1. bread; loaf, slice (of bread), loaves
2. (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance, means of subsistence, livelihood

Mutation

References

• “bara” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.