barbier
French, noun/baʁ.bje/
barbier is spelled B-A-R-B-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbier is a French masculine noun meaning “barber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui dont le métier est de couper la barbe ou les cheveux”.
What does barbier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarber
C'est alors qu'un Sicilien à voix forte entra dans la boutique, crevant cette tranquillité ; que le barbier, tout causant aussitôt, ne rasa plus que d'une main distraite et, d'un franc coup de lame, vlan ! écornifla le bouton.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui dont le métier est de couper la barbe ou les cheveux. 2. Coiffeur pour homme, sans nécessairement qu’il coupe les barbes. 3. Synonyme de barbier commun (poisson). 4. Synonyme de gobiésocidé ou porte-écuelle (poisson).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barbier
- barbiers plural
- barbière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbier?
- /baʁ.bje/
- \baʁ.bje\
- [baʁ.bje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbier in French?
barbier appears 3.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).