Etymology

barrique

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Today it means: A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres. Full definition →

French barrique
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombarrique“barrel, cask”
  2. English todaybarrique

From French barrique (“barrel, cask”). Doublet of breaker.

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