barrique

See also: bârrique

English

Etymology

French barrique (“barrel, cask”). Doublet of breaker.

Noun

barrique (plural barriques)

(historical) A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres.

French

Etymology

from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”); perhaps related to the source of Vulgar Latin *barra (English barricade).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.ʁik/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ik

Noun

barrique f (plural barriques)

barrel, cask
(figuratively, derogatory) fatty, fatso

Descendants

→ German: Barrique
→ Italian: barrique
→ Malagasy: barika
→ Moore: barika
→ Moore: birkɛ

References

“breaker”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

“barrique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barrique.

Noun

barrique f (invariable)

barrique (oak barrel of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine)

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