Barqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

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

名詞

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…

同意語

• (small vessel): see boat

Further reading

• barque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia