baraque

See also: baraqué

French

Etymology

From (Valencian) Catalan barraca, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.ʁak/
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Noun

baraque f (plural baraques)

shack, hut
stall, stand
(colloquial) pad, crib (house)
(informal) a musclehead

Derived terms

baraqué

Descendants

→ English: barrack
→ German: Baracke
- → Serbo-Croatian: baraka

Further reading

“baraque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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