baraque

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Valencian barraca, probably from Paleo-Hispanic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ʁak/ === Noun === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== baraque à frites baraqué casser la baraque ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: barak→ Caribbean Javanese: barag, mbarag→ Indonesian: barak→ Papiamentu: barak → English: barrack → German: Baracke → Serbo-Croatian: baraka → Norwegian: barakke → Icelandic: braggi === Further reading === “baraque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012