Dictionary

barbecue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑɹbə-/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
   • We cooked our food on the barbecue.
2. (countable, uncountable) A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
   • We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.
   • The difference here is that the protagonists in this collection are, for the most part, at the end of their lives, and so the news of familial drama and divorce and the cocktail parties, barbecues and casual wooings of quotidian life in suburbia is given retrospectively, wistfully, presented in the larger context as memories of lost moments and lost opportunities. 2009 June 7, T. Coraghessan Boyle, “The Road Home”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
3. (countable, uncountable) Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.
   • She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
5. (countable, uncountable) A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
   • Drying the coffee beans took place in a barbecue, basically a large, flat platform, where the pulped coffee beans could be laid out and turned as they dried. Barbecues were often walled around and raised above ground level. 2000, Andrew Gerald Gravette, Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean, page 227:
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A framework of sticks.
   • 1705, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions, Volume 2, London: James Knapton, “A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World,” Chapter 5, p. 90, We found no Houses of Entertainment on the Road, yet at every Village we came we got Houseroom, and a Barbacue of split Bambooes to sleep on.

Forms

Coordinates

boucan · grill

Deriveds

Mongolian barbecue · barbecue sauce · nonbarbecue · camote cue · barbecue pork · Korean barbecue · Lexington-style barbecue · barbecue stopper · barbecue slaw · barbie · barbecuer · ham barbecue · barbecuey · banana cue · BBQ

Descendants

barbekyu · barbikyu

Relateds

balbacua · barbacoa

Synonyms

cookout (event) · braai (event) · braai (grill) · compare grill (grill) · buccan (grill)

Translations (133)

ar مِشْوَاة (a fireplace for cooking food) · id barbekyu (meal) · cs gril (cooking instrument) · fa باربیکیو (cooking instrument) · pl grillowanie (meal) · ru барбекю́ (meal) · pt churrasqueira (cooking instrument) · nn grill (cooking instrument) · es asador (cooking instrument) · io grililo (cooking instrument) · bg барбекю́ (meal) · pl barbecue (cooking instrument) · scn luci (a fireplace for cooking food) · fi grilli (cooking instrument) · fr barbeuc (meal) · sh roštilj (meal) · de Grill (cooking instrument) · nb grill (cooking instrument) · nl barbecue (cooking instrument) · id barbeku (meal) · uk барбекю́ (meal) · es barbacoa (cooking instrument) · fr barbecue (meal) · ccc tsepe'ta (cooking instrument) · pl barbecue (meal) · scn tannura (a fireplace for cooking food) · ja 焼肉 (meal) · ota اسقره (meal) · th บาร์บีคิว (cooking instrument) · es asado (meal) · bg скара (a fireplace for cooking food) · ar مَشْوِيَّات (meal) · kk кәуап (cooking instrument) · sv grillfest (meal) · scn fucuni (a fireplace for cooking food) · ru гриль (a fireplace for cooking food) · ka მწვადი (cooking instrument) · ja バーベキュー (meal) · bg ска́ра (meal) · pt churrasco (meal) · af braai (meal) · es barbacoa (meal) · es parrillada (meal) · af braai (cooking instrument) · ru гриль (meal) · ast parrillada (meal) · bg скара (cooking instrument) · it fornacella (cooking instrument) · af braaiplek (a fireplace for cooking food) · ru барбекю́ (cooking instrument) · uk барбекю́ (cooking instrument) · wa fornêye (meal) · el ψησταριά (cooking instrument) · io grilo (meal) · ht griyad (cooking instrument) · hu grillsütő (cooking instrument) · wa fornea (meal) · el σχάρα (cooking instrument) · fi grilliateria (meal) · pl grill (meal) · apw łeʼiibéézhihí (meal) · mk скара (meal) · es parrilla (cooking instrument) · pl ruszt (cooking instrument) · ast parrilla (cooking instrument) · nl grill (cooking instrument) · scn gradigghia (cooking instrument) · be грыль (cooking instrument) · hu sütögetés (meal) · nrf r'pas à la broche (meal) · pl grill (cooking instrument) · nv bikááʼatʼeesí (cooking instrument) · gl asadeiro (cooking instrument) · mi ahirore (a fireplace for cooking food) · ro grătar (cooking instrument) · be барбекю́ (cooking instrument) · de Grillen (cooking instrument) · tr barbekü (cooking instrument) · kw barbakoa (cooking instrument) · de Barbecue (cooking instrument) · mi ahi mātiti (cooking instrument) · tr mangal (a fireplace for cooking food) · ru шашлы́чница (cooking instrument) · mi rorerore (cooking instrument) · cy barbeciw (meal) · de Grillplatte (cooking instrument) · ar شِوَاء (cooking instrument) · sv barbecue (meal) · mk скара (a fireplace for cooking food) · bg барбекю (a fireplace for cooking food) · tr barbekü (meal) · ar بَارْبِيكْيُو (cooking instrument) · be барбекю́ (meal) · sv grillmat (meal) · hy խորոված (cooking instrument) · th บาร์บีคิว (meal) · am ጥብስ (cooking instrument) · scn arrusti e mancia (meal) · de Grillparty (meal) · pl grill (a fireplace for cooking food) · uk гриль (cooking instrument) · tr barbekü (a fireplace for cooking food) · scn arrustuta (meal) · ja グリル (cooking instrument) · sv grill (cooking instrument) · az barbekü (cooking instrument) · ko 바비큐 (meal) · ast trébedes (cooking instrument) · fr barbecue (cooking instrument) · ru гриль (cooking instrument) · he מנגל (cooking instrument) · ru барбекю́ (a fireplace for cooking food) · ru шашлы́чница (a fireplace for cooking food) · th บาร์บีคิว (a fireplace for cooking food) · da barbecue (cooking instrument) · ro grătar (meal) · ru шашлыки́ (meal) · ko 바비큐 (cooking instrument) · fr grillades (meal) · vi thịt nướng hun khói (meal) · ja バーベキュー (cooking instrument) · cmn 燒烤 /烧烤 (cooking instrument) · mt barbikju (cooking instrument) · cy barbeciw (cooking instrument) · ru ра́шпер (a fireplace for cooking food) · sv grill (a fireplace for cooking food) · ru барбекю́шница (a fireplace for cooking food) · wa griyeye (meal) · de Grillteller (cooking instrument) · bg барбекю́ (cooking instrument) · ko 그릴 (cooking instrument) · scn tannura (cooking instrument) · ru жарко́е (meal)

barbecue en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑɹbə-/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To grill.
3. (derogatory, slang, transitive) To kill or destroy using high heat or fire; to cook; to burn.
   • Then he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen And he took a big bite and said, "It tastes just like chicken" 1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day:

Forms

Deriveds

barbecue up

Synonyms

braai (grill, barbecue)

Translations (28)

nl braaien (to cook food on a barbecue) · tr mangal yapmak (to cook food on a barbecue) · de grillen (to cook food on a barbecue) · ru жа́рить (to cook food on a barbecue) · nn grille (to cook food on a barbecue) · bg гриловам (to cook food on a barbecue) · es asar (to cook food on a barbecue) · grc ἀπανθρακίζω (to cook food on a barbecue) · cy barbeciwio (to cook food on a barbecue) · nb grille (to cook food on a barbecue) · cmn 燒烤 /烧烤 (to cook food on a barbecue) · it grigliare (to cook food on a barbecue) · pl grillować (to cook food on a barbecue) · es rostizar (to cook food on a barbecue) · ar شَوَى (to cook food on a barbecue) · io grilar (to cook food on a barbecue) · cs grilovat (to cook food on a barbecue) · mi rorerore (to cook food on a barbecue) · sv grilla (to cook food on a barbecue) · fo grilla (to cook food on a barbecue) · nl grillen (to cook food on a barbecue) · fi grillata (to cook food on a barbecue) · el ψήνω (to cook food on a barbecue) · bg пека на скара (to cook food on a barbecue) · nl barbecueën (to cook food on a barbecue) · fr griller (to cook food on a barbecue) · af braai (to cook food on a barbecue) · pt grelhar (to cook food on a barbecue)