barque
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BARQUECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BARQUE barke (“boat”), borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#BARQUE barque, itself borrowed from ItalianCategory:English terms derived from Italian#BARQUE barca or a Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#BARQUE equivalent, from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#BARQUE barca, from Vulgar LatinCategory:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BARQUE barica, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#BARQUE βᾶρις (bâris) 'Egyptian boat', from CopticCategory:English terms derived from Coptic#BARQUE ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic EgyptianCategory:English terms derived from Demotic Egyptian#BARQUE br, from EgyptianCategory:English terms derived from Egyptian#BARQUE bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”),
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. Doublet of bark, barge and barisCategory:English doublets#BARQUE. Possibly cognate with Spanish barco.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹk/Category:English 1-syllable words#BARQUECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARQUE
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːk/Category:English 1-syllable words#BARQUECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARQUE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BARQUEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k#BARQUECategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k/1 syllable#BARQUE
- Homophone: barkCategory:English terms with homophones#BARQUE
Noun
barque (plural barques)Category:English lemmas#BARQUECategory:English nouns#BARQUECategory:English countable nouns#BARQUECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BARQUECategory:Pages with entries#BARQUECategory:Pages with 2 entries#BARQUE
- A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
- 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
- On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
- 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#BARQUE) Any small sailing vessel.
- (poeticCategory:English poetic terms#BARQUE) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
- Barque of phosphor
On the palmy beach…
- Barque of phosphor
- 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
Synonyms
- (small vessel): see boat
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
Category:en:Watercraft#BARQUE
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#BARQUECategory:French terms derived from Middle French#BARQUE barque, probably borrowed from ItalianCategory:French terms borrowed from Italian#BARQUECategory:French terms derived from Italian#BARQUE barca or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from Late LatinCategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#BARQUE barca. Doublet of bargeCategory:French doublets#BARQUE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁk/Category:French 1-syllable words#BARQUECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BARQUE
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BARQUEune barque: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BARQUEAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BARQUEAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BARQUEAudio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
barque f (plural barques, diminutive barquette)Category:French lemmas#BARQUECategory:French nouns#BARQUECategory:French countable nouns#BARQUECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BARQUECategory:French feminine nouns#BARQUECategory:Pages with entries#BARQUECategory:Pages with 2 entries#BARQUE
- small boat
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: bak
Further reading
- “barque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012