FromMiddle Englishbarge, borrowed fromOld Frenchbarge(“boat”), fromVulgar Latin*barga, a variant ofLate Latinbarca, a regular syncope ofVulgar Latin*barica, fromClassical Latinbāris, fromAncient Greekβᾶρις(bâris,“Egyptian boat”), fromCopticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ(baare,“small boat”), fromDemoticbr, fromEgyptianbꜣjr
(“transport ship”).Doublet ofbark,barque andbaris.
barge (pluralbarges)
- (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelledboat used mainly for river andcanaltransport ofheavygoods orbulk cargo.
- Arichlydecoratedceremonialstatevessel propelled byrowers forriverprocessions.
- A large flat-bottomedcoastaltrading vessel having a largespritsail andjib-headedtopsail, aforestaysail and a very smallmizen, and havingleeboards instead of akeel.
- One of the boats of awarship having fourteenoars
- Thewoodendisk in whichbread orbiscuit is placed on amesstable.
- (US) A double-deckedpassenger orfreightvessel,towed by asteamboat.[1]
- (US, dialect, dated, historical) A largebus used forexcursions.[1]
flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Afrikaans:aak
- Belarusian:ба́ржа f(bárža)
- Bulgarian:шлеп (bg)(šlep)
- Catalan:barcassa f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:駁船 /驳船 (zh)(bóchuán)
- Crimean Tatar:barja
- Czech:člun (cs) m,nákladní říční člun
- Danish:pram
- Dutch:duwbak (nl),aak (nl) f orm
- Esperanto:barĝo
- Estonian:praam
- Finnish:proomu (fi),lotja (fi)
- French:chaland (fr) m
- Galician:barca (gl) f,barcaza f
- German:Lastkahn (de) m,Schleppkahn (de) m
- Greek:φορτηγίδα (el) f(fortigída)
- Ancient:βᾶρις f(bâris)
- Hebrew:אַרְבָּה (he) f(arbá),דוברה (he) f(dovrá)
- Hindi:बजरा (hi) m(bajrā)
- Hungarian:bárka (hu) sg,uszály (hu)
- Icelandic:prammi m
- Irish:báirse m
- Italian:chiatta (it) f,maona f,bettolina f
- Japanese:艀 (ja)(はしけ, hashike),はしけ (ja)(hashike)
- Korean:짐배(jimbae),바지선 (ko)(bajiseon)
- Macedonian:ба́ржа f(bárža),шлеп m(šlep)
- Maori:pāti
- Mongolian:чиргүүл онгоц(čirgüül ongoc),ачааны онгоц(ačaany ongoc),барж(barž)
- Norwegian:pram m
- Persian:دوبه (fa)(dube)
- Polish:tratwa (pl) f,barka (pl) f
- Portuguese:barcaça (pt) f
- Romanian:mahonă (ro) f
- Russian:ба́ржа (ru) f(bárža),ба́рка (ru) f(bárka)
- Spanish:lancha a remolque f,barcaza (es) f
- Swedish:pråm (sv) c
- Tagalog:gabara
- Ukrainian:ба́ржа (uk) f(bárža)
- Vietnamese:sà lan (vi)
- Welsh:cwch camlas m
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one of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
the wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
Translations to be checked
barge (third-person singular simple presentbarges,present participlebarging,simple past and past participlebarged)
- Tointrude 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,page209:I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents mightbarge 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, page52:In making this extension, theMetropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards anoverground railway that had justbarged its way into theCity from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.
- (transitive) Topush someone.
2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, inBBC[1]:The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick whenDunne clumsilybargedNani off the ball.
to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
Variant ofbarje,clipping ofbarjot,verlan form ofjobard.
barge (pluralbarges)
- (Verlan)nuts,bananas (crazy)
Inherited fromOld Frenchbarge, fromVulgar Latin*barga, a variant ofLate Latinbarca, a regular syncope ofVulgar Latin*barica, fromClassical Latinbāris, fromAncient Greekβᾶρις(bâris,“Egyptian boat”), fromCopticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ(baare,“small boat”), fromDemoticbr, fromEgyptianbꜣjr
(“transport ship”).Doublet ofbarque.
barge f (pluralbarges)
- barge(boat)
Possibly from aVulgar Latin*bardea, ofGaulish origin.
barge f (pluralbarges)
- godwit
Borrowed fromOld Frenchbarge, fromVulgar Latin*barga, a variant ofLate Latinbarca, a regular syncope ofVulgar Latin*barica, fromClassical Latinbāris, fromAncient Greekβᾶρις(bâris,“Egyptian boat”), fromCopticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ(baare,“small boat”), fromDemoticbr, fromEgyptianbꜣjr
(“transport ship”).
- IPA(key): /ˈbard͡ʒ(ə)/,/ˈbaːrd͡ʒ(ə)/
barge (pluralbarges)
- A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting a larger ship.
- A barge, especially one used for official or ceremonial purposes.
- (Kautokeino)IPA(key): /ˈparːke/
barge
- inflection ofbargat:
- first-persondualpresentindicative
- third-personpluralpastindicative
FromVulgar Latin*barga, a variant ofLate Latinbarca, a regular syncope ofVulgar Latin*barica, fromClassical Latinbāris, fromAncient Greekβᾶρις(bâris,“Egyptian boat”), fromCopticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ(baare,“small boat”), fromDemoticbr, fromEgyptianbꜣjr
(“transport ship”).
bargeoblique singular, f (oblique pluralbarges,nominative singularbarge,nominative pluralbarges)
- boat
