barge
English
Etymology
From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Late Latin barca, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”),
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːdʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹdʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Noun
barge (plural barges)
- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- (US, dialectal, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for barge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Synonyms
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁʒ/
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Etymology 2
From Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin *barga, variant of Late Latin barca, itself possibly from a form *barica, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), itself probably of Egyptian origin. Doublet of barque
Etymology 3
Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *bardea, of Gaulish origin.
Anagrams
Further reading
- “barge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French barge, from Late Latin barca, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), from Egyptian bꜣjr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbardʒ(ə)/, /ˈbaːrdʒ(ə)/
Noun
barge (plural barges)
- A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting a larger ship.
- A barge, especially one used for official or ceremonial purposes.
Descendants
- English: barge
- Scots: bairge (possibly)
References
- “bā̆rǧe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈparːke/
Verb
barge
- inflection of bargat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *barga, variant of Late Latin barca, itself possibly from a form *barica, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), itself probably of Egyptian origin.