barrette

English - Turkish

Definition of barrette in English Turkish dictionary

saç tokası

saç tokas

(Havacılık) toka

English - English

Definition of barrette in English English dictionary

A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair

a pin for holding women's hair in place

a small metal or plastic object used to keep a woman's hair in place British Equivalent: hair-slide (barre; BAR)

{i} hairpin, hair clasp

A barrette is an ornament worn clipped into the hair BASE METAL Base metal refers to non-precious metals Base metals include copper, zinc, tin, and lead

Parler à la barrette (French) To give one a thump o' the head The word barrette means the cap worn by the lower orders "Et moi, je pourrais bien parler à ta barrette " Molière: L'Avare It is also used to signify the ordinary birretta of ecclesiastics and (probably) of French lawyers Il à reçu le chapeau or la barrette He has been made a cardinal "Le pape lui envoyait la barrette, mais elle ne servit qu'à le faire mourir cardinal " - Voltaire: Siècle de Louis XIV, chap xxxix Barricade (3 syl ) To block up The term rose in France in 1588, when Henri de Guise returned to Paris in defiance of the king's order The king sent for his Swiss Guards, and the Parisians tore up the pavement, threw chains across the streets, and piled up barrels filled with earth and stones, behind which they shot down the Swiss as they passed through the streets The French for barrel is barrique, and to barricade is to stop up the streets with these barrels

Related Terms

barrettes

plural of barrette

Hyphenation

bar·rette

Turkish pronunciation

bıret

Pronunciation

/bərˈet/ /bɜrˈɛt/

Etymology

[ bä-'ret, b&- ] (noun.) 1901. From French barrette, from barre (“bar”) +‎ -ette, literally “small bar”.