barque
English
/bɑɹk/, /bɑːk/
noun
Definitions
- A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
- (archaic) any small sailing vessel
- (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English barke (boat) borrowed from Middle French barque derived from Italian barca (boat, skiff, bunch, haystack) derived from Latin barca, barica derived from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (type of boat used in Egypt) derived from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (small boat) derived from Egyptian bꜣjr (transport ship, type of fish).
Origin
Egyptian
bꜣjr
Gloss
transport ship, type of fish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *barga Latin
- *barica Latin
- *bārica Latin
- barca Latin
- barica Latin
- baris Latin
- bāris Latin
- bárka Hungarian
- barca Italian
- barcaiolo Italian
- barcamenarsi Italian
- barcollare Italian
- capobarca Italian
- imbarcare Italian
- motobarca Italian
- barque French
- barcada Spanish, Castilian
- barco Spanish, Castilian
- barquero Spanish, Castilian
- embarcar Spanish, Castilian
- βάρις Ancient Greek
- βᾶρις Ancient Greek
- barco Portuguese
- barka Polish
- bark Norwegian Nynorsk
- barke Middle English
- bark Danish
- bárka Czech
- barge Old French
- barka Serbo-Croatian
- барка Serbo-Croatian
- barcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βάρκα Greek (modern)
- barko Cebuano
- barke Middle Dutch
- barko Tagalog
- barkë Albanian
- barque Middle French
- barca Old Portuguese
- bꜣjr Egyptian
- barka Slovene
- bartga Romansh
- barcje Friulian
- barca Old Occitan
- ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ Coptic
- ⲃⲁⲣⲓ Coptic
- barca Old Spanish
- barcarola Venetian
- βάρκα gkm
- buarca Dalmatian
- barka Ladino
- bárku Kabuverdianu
- br Demotic
- barca Aragonese
- barko Morelos Nahuatl