barque
French, noun/baʁk/
barque is a French feminine noun meaning “small boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit bateau”.
What does barque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall boat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit bateau. 2. Type de grand voilier dont tous les mâts, sauf celui situé à l’arrière, sont gréés à voiles carrées. 3. Cette sorte de gréement. 4. La nacelle dans laquelle les anciens poètes supposaient qu’après la mort les âmes traversaient le Styx pour entrer dans les enfers.
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 barque
- barques plural
- barquette diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barque?
- /baʁk/
- \baʁk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barque in French?
barque appears 3.2 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).