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Yes. The word barque is a Scrabble US word. The word barque is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

BARQUE,

5-letter words (2 found)

BURQA,QUARE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ABER,BARE,BAUR,BEAR,BEAU,BRAE,BURA,RUBE,UREA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ARB,ARE,AUE,BAE,BAR,BRA,BRU,BUR,EAR,EAU,ERA,QUA,REB,RUB,RUE,URB,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from barque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barque

barque

Alternative forms

  • bark

Etymology

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”),

. Doublet of bark, barge and baris. Possibly cognate with Spanish barco.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹk/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
  • Homophone: bark

Noun

barque (plural barques)

  1. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
    • 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
      On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
  2. (archaic) Any small sailing vessel.
  3. (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
    • 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
      Barque of phosphor
      On the palmy beach…

Synonyms

  • (small vessel): see boat

Translations

Further reading

  • barque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French barque, probably borrowed from Italian barca or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from Late Latin barca. Doublet of barge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁk/

Noun

barque f (plural barques, diminutive barquette)

  1. small boat

Derived terms

  • charger la barque

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: bak

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • braque, braqué

Source: wiktionary.org