Meanings
verbbarcode (third-person singular simple present barcodes, present participle barcoding, simple past and past participle barcoded)
present singular third person barcodes · participle present barcoding · participle past barcoded · past barcoded · alternative bar code
- transitiveTo apply a barcode (machine-readable code) to.
Origin
- Vulgar Latin*barra
- Old Frenchbarre
- Middle Englishbarre
- Englishbar
- Latincaudex
- Latincōdex
- Old Frenchcode
- Middle Englishcode
- Englishcode
- Englishbarcode
Compound of bar + code. First attested in 1963 for noun sense 1.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans strepieskode, staafkode
- strepieskodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
- staafkodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Arabic شِفْرَةٌ خَيْطِيَّة
- شِفْرَةٌ خَيْطِيَّة (šifratun ḵayṭiyya)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Basque barra-kode
- barra-kodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Bengali বারকোড
- বারকোড (barkōḍ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Bulgarian ба́ркод, щрихко́д
- ба́ркод (bárkod)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- щрихко́д (štrihkód)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Catalan codi de barres
- codi de barresset of machine-readable parallel bars
Chinese Cantonese 條碼 /条码
- 條碼 /条码 (tiu⁴ maa⁵)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Chinese Mandarin 條形碼 /条形码, 條碼 /条码
- 條形碼 /条形码 (tiáoxíngmǎ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- 條碼 /条码 (tiáomǎ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Czech čárový kód
- čárový kódset of machine-readable parallel bars
Danish stregkode
- stregkodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Dutch streepjescode, barcode
- streepjescodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
- barcodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Esperanto strikodo, strekkodo
- strikodoset of machine-readable parallel bars
- strekkodoset of machine-readable parallel bars
Estonian vöötkood, ribakood
- vöötkoodset of machine-readable parallel bars
- ribakoodset of machine-readable parallel bars
- joonkoodset of machine-readable parallel bars
- triipkoodset of machine-readable parallel bars
Finnish viivakoodi
- viivakoodiset of machine-readable parallel bars
French code-barres, code à barres
- code-barresset of machine-readable parallel bars
- code à barresset of machine-readable parallel bars
German Strichcode, Balkencode
- Strichcodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
- Balkencodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
- Barcodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Greek γραμμοκωδικός
- γραμμοκωδικός (grammokodikós)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Hebrew בַּרְקוֹד
- בַּרְקוֹד (bárkod)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Hindi बारकोड
- बारकोड (bārkoḍ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Hungarian vonalkód
- vonalkódset of machine-readable parallel bars
Icelandic strikamerki, strikalykill
- strikamerkiset of machine-readable parallel bars
- strikalykillset of machine-readable parallel bars
Indonesian kode batang
- kode batangset of machine-readable parallel bars
Irish barrachód
- barrachódset of machine-readable parallel bars
Italian codice a barre
- codice a barreset of machine-readable parallel bars
Japanese バーコード
- バーコード (bākōdo)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Korean 바코드
- 바코드 (bakodeu)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Latvian svītrkods
- svītrkodsset of machine-readable parallel bars
Lithuanian brūkšninis kodas
- brūkšninis kodasset of machine-readable parallel bars
Malay kod bar, kod palang
- kod barset of machine-readable parallel bars
- kod palangset of machine-readable parallel bars
- kod batangset of machine-readable parallel bars
Māori waehere tāekaeka
- waehere tāekaekaset of machine-readable parallel bars
Norwegian Bokmål strekkode
- strekkodeset of machine-readable parallel bars
Polish kod kreskowy, kod paskowy
- kod kreskowyset of machine-readable parallel bars
- kod paskowyset of machine-readable parallel bars
Portuguese código de barras
- código de barrasset of machine-readable parallel bars
Romanian cod de bare
- cod de bareset of machine-readable parallel bars
Russian штрихко́д, штрихово́й код
- штрихко́д (štrixkód)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- штрихово́й код (štrixovój kod)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Slovak čiarový kód
- čiarový kódset of machine-readable parallel bars
Spanish código de barras
- código de barrasset of machine-readable parallel bars
Swedish streckkod
- streckkodset of machine-readable parallel bars
Thai บาร์โคด, รหัสแท่ง
- บาร์โคด (baa-kóot)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- รหัสแท่ง (rá-hàt-tɛ̂ng)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Turkish barkod, bar kod
- barkodset of machine-readable parallel bars
- bar kodset of machine-readable parallel bars
Ukrainian штрихко́д, штрихови́й код
- штрихко́д (štryxkód)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- штрихови́й код (štryxovýj kod)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Urdu بارْکوڈ, بار کوڈ
- بارْکوڈ (bārkoḍ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
- بار کوڈ (bār koḍ)set of machine-readable parallel bars
Vietnamese mã vạch
- mã vạchset of machine-readable parallel bars
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
barcode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcode
MLA
“barcode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcode. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barcode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcode.
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