barge

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

bbAAy
r Z1		 P1

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[1].
  7. (US, dialect, dated, historical) A large bus used for excursions[1].

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Hyponyms[edit]

Hyponyms of barge (noun)

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Translations[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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.
    • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 209:
      I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52:
      In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.
  2. (transitive) To push someone.
    • 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎[1]:
      The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “barge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

barge (plural barges)

  1. (Verlan) nuts, bananas (crazy)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

bbAAy
r Z1		 P1

(“transport ship”). Doublet of barque.

Noun[edit]

barge f (plural barges)

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

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

barge f (plural barges)

  1. godwit

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

bbAAy
r Z1		 P1

(“transport ship”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈparːke/

Verb[edit]

barge

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

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

bbAAy
r Z1		 P1

(“transport ship”).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. boat

Descendants[edit]

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