barbaresque
French, noun/baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk/
barbaresque is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-E-S-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbaresque is a French masculine noun meaning “Barbary pirate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pirate opérant dans le bassin méditerranéen après la conquête musulmane”.
What does barbaresque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Barbary
noun
- 1
masculineBarbary pirate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Barbarie, au Maghreb actuel, berbère. 2. Relatif aux pirates, corsaires et marins originaires de cette aire géographique.
noun: 1. Pirate opérant dans le bassin méditerranéen après la conquête musulmane.
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 barbaresque
- barbaresques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbaresque?
- /baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk/
- \baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbaresque in French?
barbaresque appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).