barbière
French, noun/baʁ.bjɛʁ/
barbière is spelled B-A-R-B-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbière is a French feminine noun meaning “a gorget, a piece of armor which protects the throat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of barbier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle dont le métier est de couper la barbe ou les cheveux”.
What does barbière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of barbier
- 2
femininea gorget, a piece of armor which protects the throat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle dont le métier est de couper la barbe ou les cheveux. 2. Épouse d’un barbier. 3. Pièce d’armure qui protégeait le menton et le cou. 4. Équipement contenant le nécessaire destiné à se raser la barbe.
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 barbière
- barbières plural
- barbier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbière?
- /baʁ.bjɛʁ/
- \baʁ.bjɛʁ\
- [baʁ.bjɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbière in French?
barbière appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).