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5-letter words (3 found)

BARGE,BEGAR,GARBE,

4-letter words (13 found)

ABER,AGER,AREG,BARE,BEAR,BERG,BRAE,BRAG,GARB,GARE,GEAR,GRAB,RAGE,

3-letter words (18 found)

AGE,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAG,BAR,BEG,BRA,EAR,ERA,ERG,GAB,GAE,GAR,GER,RAG,REB,REG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AE,AG,AR,BA,BE,EA,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from barge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of barge

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Definitions and meaning of barge

barge

Etymology

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr

(“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːd͡ʒ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Noun

barge (plural barges)

  1. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
  2. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
  3. 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.
  4. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
  5. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
  6. (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
  7. (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.

Synonyms

  • lighter

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Translations

Verb

barge (third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged)

  1. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  2. (transitive) To push someone.

Derived terms

  • shoulder-barge

Anagrams

  • Aberg, Berga, Gaber, Garbe, begar, rebag

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁʒ/

Etymology 1

Variant of barje, clipping of barjot, verlan form of jobard.

Adjective

barge (plural barges)

  1. (Verlan) nuts, bananas (crazy)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr

(“transport ship”). Doublet of barque.

Noun

barge f (plural barges)

  1. barge (boat)
Descendants
  • → Russian: баржа (barža)
    • → Georgian: ბარჟა (barža)

Etymology 3

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *bardea, of Gaulish origin.

Noun

barge f (plural barges)

  1. godwit

Further reading

  • “barge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • gerba

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • bargge, baarge, berge, barche

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr

(“transport ship”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbard͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈbaːrd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

barge (plural barges)

  1. A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting a larger ship.
  2. 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

  1. inflection of bargat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr

(“transport ship”).

Noun

barge oblique singular, f (oblique plural barges, nominative singular barge, nominative plural barges)

  1. boat

Descendants

  • Middle French: barge
    • French: barge
      • → Russian: баржа (barža)
  • → Middle English: barge, bargge, baarge, berge, barche
    • English: barge
    • Scots: bairge (possibly)

Source: wiktionary.org