Phrase guide

barre chord

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard with the same finger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French barre.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: баре (bare) — a guitar chord
  • Czech: barré — a guitar chord
  • Danish: barregreb — a guitar chord
  • Dutch: barré-akkoord — a guitar chord
  • Esperanto: baro — a guitar chord
  • Finnish: barré-sointu — a guitar chord
  • German: Barrégriff — a guitar chord
  • German: Barreegriff — a guitar chord
  • German: Quergriff — a guitar chord
  • German: Brückengriff — a guitar chord
  • Japanese: バレーコード — a guitar chord
  • Latvian: barē akords — a guitar chord
  • Polish: chwyt barowy — a guitar chord
  • Portuguese: pestana — a guitar chord
  • Russian: баррэ́ (barrɛ́) — a guitar chord
  • Serbo-Croatian: barre akord — a guitar chord
  • Swedish: barréackord — a guitar chord
  • Vietnamese: ba rê — a guitar chord
  • Vietnamese: ba-rê — a guitar chord