barrique
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See also: bârrique
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French barrique (“barrel, cask”). Doublet of breaker.
Noun[edit]
barrique (plural barriques)
- (historical) A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”); perhaps related to the source of Vulgar Latin *barra.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barrique f (plural barriques)
- barrel, cask
- Synonym: tonneau
- (figurative, derogatory) fatty, fatso
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “breaker”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading[edit]
- “barrique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French barrique.
Noun[edit]
barrique f (invariable)
- barrique (oak barrel of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine)
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