English Online Dictionary. What means barbie? What does barbie mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)bi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːbi
Etymology 1
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (event: cookout).
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
Anagrams
- Rabbie
Spanish
Noun
barbie f (plural barbies)
- Barbie
Further reading
- “barbie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Etymology
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Noun
barbie
- a Barbie doll
- Synonym: barbiedocka