Etymology

barre chord

Today it means: A guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard with the same finger. Full definition →

French barre
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombarre
  2. English todaybarre chord

Borrowed from French barre.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbarre all →

barrybarre

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