barrique
French, noun/ba.ʁik/
barrique is spelled B-A-R-R-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrique is a French feminine noun meaning “barrel, cask” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tonneau, fût ou foudre de bois, normalement en chêne servant spécialement à la conservation ou au transport…”.
What does barrique mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarrel, cask
- 2
derogatoryfemininefatty, fatso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tonneau, fût ou foudre de bois, normalement en chêne servant spécialement à la conservation ou au transport des liquides et d’une contenance variable suivant les régions : environ 225 litres pour le type bordelais, ou 228 litres pour le type bourguignon ^([1]). 2. Tonneau contenant d’autres corps que des liquides, caque ^([1]). 3. Personne très grosse ^([2]). 4. Nasse conique pour les lamproies ^([2]).
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 barrique
- barriques plural
- barigue
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barrique?
- /ba.ʁik/
- \ba.ʁik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barrique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barrique in French?
barrique appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).