barrique

French barrique (“barrel, cask”)

barrique (plural barriques)

1. (historical) A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres.

Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁik/

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• Rhymes: -ik

barrique f (plural barriques)

1. barrel, cask
2. (figuratively, derogatory) fatty, fatso

• Italian: barrique

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

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barrique f (invariable)

1. an oak barrel, of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine