barque

Meaning

1. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
2. Any small sailing vessel.
3. A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

Synonyms

bark

barc

barge

boat

⛵

craft

rowing boat

ship

🚢

skiff

tanbark

vessel

beck

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑɹk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: barke

Cognate with Spanish: barco

In summary

From Middle English barke (“boat”), borrowed from Middle French barque, itself borrowed from Italian barca or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris) 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”), b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1. Doublet of bark, barge and baris. Possibly cognate with Spanish barco.