barcarolle
French, noun/baʁ.ka.ʁɔl/
barcarolle is spelled B-A-R-C-A-R-O-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barcarolle is a French feminine noun meaning “barcarole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de barcarole, chanson des gondoliers de Venise”.
What does barcarolle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarcarole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de barcarole, chanson des gondoliers de Venise. 2. Variante orthographique de barcarole, air de musique où l’on imite la coupe et le rythme de ces chansons.
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 barcarolle
- barcarolles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barcarolle?
- /baʁ.ka.ʁɔl/
- \baʁ.ka.ʁɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barcarolle in French?
barcarolle appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).