barre (redirected from barres)

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.

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[French, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *barra, of Gaulish origin.]

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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