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barque

/bɑːk/US/bɑɹk/

barque noun: a sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged.

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Noun

barque (plural barques)

  1. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
    • 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
  2. (archaic) Any small sailing vessel.
    Synonyms:
    boat
  3. (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
    • Barque of phosphor
      On the palmy beach…1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium

barque meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

barque in Tamil

பாய்மரக் கப்பல், பாய்மரக் கலம், முப்பாய் மரக் கப்பல், கப்பல், பரிசல், படகு

barque in Urdu

چھال, چھلکا, پوست

barque in Bengali

তিনটি মাস্তুলবিশিষ্ট পালতোলা জাহাজ

Synonyms of barque

Forms of barque

pluralbarques
alternative formbark

Origin of barque

From Middle English barke (“boat”), borrowed from Middle French barque, itself borrowed from Italian barca or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris) 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”), b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1. Doublet of bark, barge and baris. Possibly cognate with Spanish barco.

Words formed from barque

Words that rhyme with barque

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Questions about barque

What does barque mean?
Barque means a sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged.
What is barque in Tamil?
Barque in Tamil is பாய்மரக் கப்பல், பாய்மரக் கலம், முப்பாய் மரக் கப்பல். See Barque meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is barque?
Barque is a noun.
How do you pronounce barque?
Barque is pronounced /bɑɹk/ (US).
What is the plural of barque?
The plural of barque is barques.

Words near barque in the dictionary

  1. barplots
  2. barpost
  3. barposts
  4. Barqa
  5. Barqah
  6. barque
  7. barquentine
  8. barquentines
  9. Barquero
  10. Barqueros
  11. barques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barque (page history and authors); barque (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barque (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barque (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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