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barre

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barre also bar  (bär)
n.
1. A handrail fixed to a wall, as in a dance studio, used by ballet dancers as a support in certain exercises.
2. A fingering technique used with fretted stringed instruments in which a finger is laid across the fretboard to stop all or several strings at once.
[French, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *barra, of Gaulish origin.]
barre (French) [bar]
n
(Performing Arts / Ballet) a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
[literally: bar]
Translations
barre
n (Ballet) → Stange f; at the barre → an der Stange


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