Barley

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈbɑɹli/
• RP IPA: /ˈbɑːli/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)li

Origin

Middle English barli, barly, from Old English (adj.) bærlīċ ("barley-like"), from bere ("barley") (compare Scots bere ‘six-rowed barley’), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- ‘spike, prickle’ (compare Welsh bara ‘bread’, Latin far ‘spelt’, Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar ‘grass’, Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, "plant deity")).

Full definition of barley

Noun

1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• barely
• bearly
• bleary