Phrase guide

bar chart

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A data visualization tool (graph) that uses rectangular bars to represent and compare numeric values across different categories, with the length of each bar proportional to the value it represents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bar graph

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chart

Narrower terms: histogram

History

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: diagrama de barres — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Catalan: gràfic de barres — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Chinese Mandarin: 條形圖 /条形图 (tiáoxíngtú) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Chinese Mandarin: 條狀圖 /条状图 (tiáozhuàngtú) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柱狀圖 /柱状图 (zhùzhuàngtú) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棒形圖 /棒形图 (bàngxíngtú) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Czech: sloupcový graf — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Czech: sloupcový diagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Danish: søjlediagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Dutch: staafdiagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Finnish: pylväskaavio — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Finnish: pylväsdiagrammi — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • German: Säulendiagramm — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • German: Balkendiagramm — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Hindi: दंडचित्र (danḍcitra) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Indonesian: diagram batang — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Indonesian: bagan batang — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Indonesian: bagan balok — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Indonesian: grafik batang — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Japanese: 棒グラフ (bō-gurafu) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Korean: 막대그래프 (makdaegeuraepeu) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Malay: carta turus — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Malay: carta palang — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Māori: kauwhata poupou — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søylediagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søylediagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Polish: wykres słupkowy — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Russian: cто́лбчатая диагра́мма (ctólbčataja diagrámma) — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Spanish: diagrama de barras — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Spanish: esquema de columnas — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Spanish: diagrama barrada — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Spanish: esquema columnar — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Spanish: diagrama columnaria — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Swedish: stapeldiagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights
  • Swedish: stolpdiagram — graph in the form of boxes of different heights