different between easy vs barber
easy
English
Alternative forms
- aisy (dialectal, archaic)
- easie (obsolete)
- eazy (eye dialect)
- EZ (abbreviation, US, informal)
Etymology
From Middle English eesy, esy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease +? -y, and partly from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Compare also Old Saxon ?þi, Old High German ?di, Old Norse auðr, all meaning "easy, vacant, empty." More at ease, eath.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?zi/, /?i?z?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?izi/
- Rhymes: -i?zi
Adjective
easy (comparative easier or more easy, superlative easiest or most easy)
- (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
- Requiring little skill or effort.
- Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
- Rich people live in easy circumstances.
- an easy chair
- Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
- easy manners; an easy style
- (informal, derogatory, of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.
- Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
- He gain'd their easy hearts.
- (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
- The market is easy.
Synonyms
- (comfortable): relaxed, relaxing
- (not difficult): light, eath
- (consenting readily to sex): fast
- (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial
- See also Thesaurus:easy
Antonyms
- (comfortable, at ease): uneasy, anxious
- (requiring little skill or effort): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging
Derived terms
Related terms
- ease
Descendants
- ? Faroese: isi
- ? Finnish: iisi
Translations
Adverb
easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)
- In a relaxed or casual manner.
- In a manner without strictness or harshness.
- Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
- Not difficult, not hard. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- breathe easy
Noun
easy (plural easies)
- Something that is easy
Verb
easy (third-person singular simple present easies, present participle easying, simple past and past participle easied)
- (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar
Anagrams
- Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, eyas, saye, yaes, yeas
Middle English
Adjective
easy
- Alternative form of esy
Adverb
easy
- Alternative form of esy
easy From the web:
- what easy jobs pay a lot of money
- what easy to make for dinner
- what easy dessert can i make
- what easy jobs make the most money
- what easy business can i start
- what easy things to draw
- what easy jobs make a lot of money
- what easy jobs pay the most
barber
English
Etymology
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.b?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b??.b?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b?(?)
Noun
barber (plural barbers)
- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
Synonyms
- haircutter
- hairdresser
- hairstylist
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
barber (third-person singular simple present barbers, present participle barbering, simple past and past participle barbered)
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
- ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 29:
Translations
Anagrams
- Barbre
Catalan
Etymology
From barba +? -er.
Noun
barber m (plural barbers, feminine barbera)
- barber
Further reading
- “barber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From barbe +? -er; compare with familiar sense of raser which was its original meaning in Old French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?.be/
Verb
barber
- (familiar) to bore someone
- Le fait est qu'il ne perd aucune occasion de nous barber avec ses expériences dramatiques. (Claudel, Le Ravissement de Scapin, 1952)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- barbant
References
- “barber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “barber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From English barber, Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bar.b?r]
- Hyphenation: bar?bêr
Noun
barber
- (colloquial) barber a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- Synonyms: tukang cukur, pemangkas rambut
Alternative forms
- barbir
Further reading
- “barber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
barber
- imperative of barbere
barber From the web:
- what barber shops are open near me
- what barbershop is open
- what barbershop is open near me
- what barbers are open
- what barber shop open
- what barber shops are open on sunday
- what barber shops are open right now
- what barbershop is open right now
you may also like
- easy vs barber
- barber vs umbrella
- barber vs hairstyler
- barber vs stylishhair
- beautician vs barber
- butcher vs barber
- coif vs coiffure
- coiffure vs coiffeur
- coiffured vs coiffure
- hairstyle vs coiffure
- hairdresser vs mouse
- hairsalon vs hairdresser
- hairdresser vs hairdressers
- hairdresser vs pluff
- hairdresser vs colourist
- hairdresser vs beautician
- bmw vs ford
- write vs ford
- ford vs peugeot
- tesla vs ford