name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barbie
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɑɹbi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbi/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)bi
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/bɑː(ɹ)bi/
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A barbecue (event: cookout).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 4
A barbiturate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
A tall, slender female fashion doll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dolly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Barbara + -ie.
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَارْبِي (bārbī) — diminutive of Barbara
- Dutch: Babs, Babbe — diminutive of Barbara
- Esperanto: Barnjo — diminutive of Barbara
- Marathi: बार्बी (bārbī) — diminutive of Barbara
- Polish: Basia — diminutive of Barbara
- Russian: Ба́рби (Bárbi) — diminutive of Barbara
- Russian: Ва́ря (Várja) — diminutive of Barbara
- Arabic: بَارْبِي (bārbī) — doll
- Armenian: Բարբի (Barbi) — doll
- Bulgarian: Барби (Barbi) — doll
- Catalan: Barbie — doll
- Cebuano: Barbie — doll
- Chinese Mandarin: 芭比娃娃 (Bābǐ wáwá) — doll
- Chinese Mandarin: 芭比 (Bābǐ) — doll
- Czech: barbína — doll
- Czech: Barbie — doll
- Danish: Barbiedukke — doll
- Danish: Barbie-dukke — doll
- Danish: Barbie — doll
- Finnish: barbi — doll
- Finnish: Barbie — doll
- French: Barbie — doll
- Georgian: ბარბი (barbi) — doll
- German: Barbie — doll
- German: Barbiepuppe — doll
- Greek: Μπάρμπι (Bármpi) — doll
- Hebrew: בַּרְבִּי (barbi) — doll
- Hindi: बार्बी (bārbī) — doll
- Hungarian: Barbie — doll
- Italian: Barbie — doll
- Japanese: バービー (Bābī) — doll
- Korean: 바비 (Babi) — doll
- Lao: ບາຣ໌ບີ້ (bān bī) — doll
- Latvian: Bārbija — doll
- Lithuanian: Barbė — doll
- Macedonian: ба́рбика (bárbika) — doll
- Macedonian: Барби (Barbi) — doll
- Marathi: बार्बी (bārbī) — doll
- Persian: باربی (Bǎrbǐ) — doll
- Polish: Barbie — doll
- Portuguese: Barbie — doll
- Romanian: Barbie — doll
- Russian: Ба́рби (Bárbi) — doll
- Serbo-Croatian: barbika — doll
- Serbo-Croatian: Барби — doll
- Serbo-Croatian: Barbi — doll
- Serbo-Croatian: Barbie — doll
- Slovak: Barbie — doll
- Slovene: Barbie — doll
- Spanish: Barbie — doll
- Swedish: barbiedocka — doll
- Swedish: barbie — doll
- Swedish: Barbie — doll
- Tagalog: Barbie — doll
- Thai: บาร์บี้ — doll
- Turkish: Barbie — doll
- Ukrainian: Ба́рбі (Bárbi) — doll
- Urdu: باربی (bārbī) — doll
- Vietnamese: Barbie — doll
- Czech: barbína — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Finnish: blondi — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Finnish: bimbo — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Polish: lala — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Polish: lalka — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Polish: lalunia — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Russian: ку́кла (kúkla) — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
- Serbo-Croatian: barbika — a beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman
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