barrique

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noun

A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres.

OriginFrench barrique →
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Meanings

nounbarrique (plural barriques)

plural barriques

  1. historicalA barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres.

Origin

  1. Frenchbarrique“barrel, cask”
  2. Englishbarrique

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

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APA

barrique. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrique

MLA

“barrique.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrique. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barrique,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrique.

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