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barth

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /bɑː(ɹ)θ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)θ
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A place of shelter for cattle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

United States novelist (born in 1930)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: John Barth, John Simmons Barth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writer, author

4

noun

Meaning 4

Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Karl Barth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser

History

Etymology

Etymology unknown.