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barrette

French, noun/ba.ʁɛt/

barrette is spelled B-A-R-R-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrette is a French feminine noun meaning “small bar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite barre”.

What does barrette mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesmall bar

  2. 2

    femininebarrette (US), (hair) slide (UK)

  3. 3

    femininebrooch

  4. 4

    femininebar (of medal)

  5. 5

    colloquialfemininebar/slab of hash

noun

  1. 1

    femininebiretta

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petite barre. 2. Petite barre d’une chaîne de gilet destinée à passer dans la boutonnière. 3. Petite barre traversant la charnière d’une tabatière. 4. Petite pince pour attacher les cheveux.

noun: 1. Toque carrée à trois ou quatre cornes et qui peut se replier et s’aplatir. 2. Bonnet carré rouge que portent les cardinaux. 3. Bonnet carré noir que portent les curés. 4. Anciens casques utilisés autrefois par les mineurs. Elles étaient en cuir ou carton bouilli.

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 barrette

  • barrettes plural
  • barette archaic

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce barrette?

  • /ba.ʁɛt/
  • /bɑ.ʁɛt/
  • \ba.ʁɛt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to barrette

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is barrette in French?

barrette appears 2.1 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).

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