Barbie

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹbi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːbi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi

Barbara +‎ -ie

Barbie (plural Barbies)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.

Barbie [1]

Barbie (plural Barbies)

1. A tall, slender female fashion doll.
   • 1964, Young Children, volume 55, National Association for the Education of Young Children, page 10:

     They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.”

   • 1968, Paul Krassner, editor, The Realist, volumes 84-93, Realist Association, page 68:

     Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.

   • 1976, Across the Board, volumes 13-14, The Conference Board, page 20:

     Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest […] .

   • 2005, Linda Hoffman Kimball, Apple Pies & Promises, Cedar Fort,, →ISBN, page 51:

     Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]

2. (by extension, informal, derogatory) A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.

   Synonym: dolly

• Ken doll

• Barbenheimer
• Barbiesque
• Barbillion
• Barbiefication
• Barbie pink
• Barbie shipper

• Rabbie

Borrowed from French Barbier.

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Barbie

1. a surname

   Klaus Barbie ― Klaus Barbie

• “Barbie” in Duden online

Unadapted borrowing from English Barbie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bi/
• Rhymes: -arbi
• Syllabification: Bar‧bie

Barbie f (indeclinable)

1. Barbie (tall, slender female fashion doll)

• Barbie in Polish dictionaries at PWN