| barre |
| 1. n-f. bar, cake, ingot | |
| 2. n-f. (typography) clipping of barre oblique: the slash mark ⟨/⟩ | |
| 3. n-f. (typography) clipping of barre de fraction: the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩ | |
| 4. n-f. (typography) clipping of barre inscrite: the bar diacritics ⟨̵⟩, ⟨̶⟩, ⟨̷⟩, and ⟨̸⟩ | |
| 5. n-f. (typography) clipping of barre verticale: the vertical bar ⟨!⟩ | |
| 6. n-f. (typography, improper) clipping of barre oblique inversée: the backslash ⟨\⟩ | |
| 7. n-f. (nautical) helm, tiller | |
| 8. n-f. (heraldic charge) bend sinister | |
| barrer |
| 1. v. to bar, bar up (to lock or bolt with a bar) | |
| 2. v. to bar off | |
| 3. v. to cross out, strike out (put written lines through written text, to show it is erroneous) | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to go away, to leave, to fuck off | |
| Barre-toi ! - Get out! | |
| 5. v. (Canada, Québec, Louisiana) to lock, as in a door, not necessarily with a bar. | |
