barre

bar, rod, stripe

noun BAHR Less Common

Also means

helm (of a boat)

Usage Note

Barre appears in many domains: a gymnastics or ballet barre, a chocolate bar (une barre de chocolat), a tally mark, or the helm of a ship. Tenir la barre means to be at the helm, and barre de défilement is the scrollbar in computing. The plural les barres asymétriques are the asymmetric bars in gymnastics.

Examples

"Elle s'entraîne à la barre chaque matin."

Natural Translation

She trains at the barre every morning.

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