baraque
French, noun
baraque is spelled B-A-R-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baraque is a French feminine noun meaning “shack, hut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, baraqué is a different word: “buff, yoked, beefy (hefty, well-built)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches”.
What does baraque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshack, hut
- 2
femininestall, stand
- 3
colloquialfemininepad, crib (house)
- 4
feminineinformalmusclehead, muscleman, man built like a brick shithouse, bulky man (large and muscular man)
adjective
- 1
informalbuff, yoked, beefy (hefty, well-built)
verb
- 1
past participle of baraquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches. 2. Construction mobile qui sert lieu de vente dans les fêtes foraines. 3. Maison mal bâtie et de chétive apparence. 4. Personne de carrure imposante → voir baraqué.
adjective: 1. De carrure imposante.
noun: 1. Personne de figure imposante.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baraque
- baraques plural
- baraquée feminine
- baraqués masculine plural
- baraquées feminine plural
- barraque obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baraque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baraque in French?
baraque appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).