"barre chord" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barre chords [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French barre. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|barre}} French barre Head templates: {{en-noun}} barre chord (plural barre chords)
  1. (music) A guitar chord played by pressing down multiple strings on the fretboard. Wikipedia link: barre chord Categories (topical): Music Synonyms (a guitar chord): bar chord, barr chord [rare] Translations (a guitar chord): баре (bare) (Bulgarian), barré (Czech), barregreb (Danish), barré-akkoord (Dutch), baro (Esperanto), barré-sointu (Finnish), Barrégriff (German), Barreegriff (German), Quergriff (German), バレーコード (Japanese), barē akords (Latvian), chwyt barowy [masculine] (Polish), баррэ́ (barrɛ́) (Russian), barre akord (Serbo-Croatian), barréackord (Swedish), ba rê (Vietnamese), ba-rê (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-barre_chord-en-noun-1bMRzjmQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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