baraque
See also: baraqué
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Valencian barraca, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baraque f (plural baraques)
- shack, hut
- stall, stand
- (colloquial) pad, crib (house)
- (informal) musclehead, muscleman, man built like a brick shithouse, bulky man (large and muscular man)
- Synonym: armoire à glace
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “baraque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.