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barrack en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbeɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Australia)
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɛɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
    • I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors. 1996, Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Brian Murdoch, All Quiet on the Western Front, page 129:
    • 1919, House Committee on Military Affairs, Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919, Parts 23-43, page 1956, How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary barracks ?
    • Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy. 1829, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 4, page 67:
  2. (in-plural) A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
  3. (broadly, in-plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
  4. (US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
  5. (Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally) A police station.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barracks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

barracker · barrack stanchion · barrack buster · barrack-room lawyer · hay barrack · Barrack Hill

Translations (112)

da barak (simple, low structure) · ko 병영 (a building for soldiers) · it caserma (a building for soldiers) · pt quartel (a building for soldiers) · kk казарма (a building for soldiers) · mi parāki (a building for soldiers) · yi קאַסערנע (a building for soldiers) · et kasarm (a building for soldiers) · vec caxerma (a building for soldiers) · hu laktanya (a building for soldiers) · be бара́к (a building for soldiers) · es cuartel (a building for soldiers) · kl barakki (a building for soldiers) · ro cazarmă (a building for soldiers) · lad קישלה (a building for soldiers) · he קְסַרְקְטִין (a building for soldiers) · be жаўне́рня (a building for soldiers) · lad kishla (a building for soldiers) · sv barack (simple, low structure) · fr chambrée (a building for soldiers) · te బారకాసు (a building for soldiers) · apw silááda bágową (a building for soldiers) · sk kasárne (a building for soldiers) · id barak (a building for soldiers) · cmn 營房 /营房 (a building for soldiers) · ka ყაზარმა (a building for soldiers) · sh ка̀са̄рна (a building for soldiers) · vi trại lính (a building for soldiers) · ar ثُكْنَة (a building for soldiers) · uk каза́рма (a building for soldiers) · cs barák (a building for soldiers) · gu છાવણી (a building for soldiers) · is herskáli (a building for soldiers) · el στρατώνας (a building for soldiers) · tg казарма (a building for soldiers) · ur چھاؤنی (a building for soldiers) · tr baraka (simple, low structure) · sv kasern (a building for soldiers) · nl barak (a building for soldiers) · cmn 兵營 /兵营 (a building for soldiers) · lv kazarmas (a building for soldiers) · ar قَشْلَة (a building for soldiers) · ca caserna (a building for soldiers) · ko 병사 (a building for soldiers) · it guarnigione (a building for soldiers) · be бара́к (simple, low structure) · ky казарма (a building for soldiers) · uk бара́к (simple, low structure) · sk kasáreň (a building for soldiers) · nl kazerne (a building for soldiers) · da kaserne (a building for soldiers) · de Baracke (a building for soldiers) · be каза́рма (a building for soldiers) · lt kareivinės (a building for soldiers) · ja バラック (a building for soldiers) · my စစ်တန်းလျား (a building for soldiers) · fa سربازخانه (a building for soldiers) · tr kışla (a building for soldiers) · fr caserne (a building for soldiers) · vi doanh trại (a building for soldiers) · fr quartier (a building for soldiers) · az sərbazxana (a building for soldiers) · fi kasarmi (a building for soldiers) · sh vòjārna (a building for soldiers) · sl kasárna (a building for soldiers) · hy զորանոց (a building for soldiers) · ur کوٹ (a building for soldiers) · ru бара́к (simple, low structure) · bg каза́рма (a building for soldiers) · ja 兵舎 (a building for soldiers) · scn caserma (a building for soldiers) · sh во̀ја̄рна (a building for soldiers) · th โรงทหาร (a building for soldiers) · cs kasárny (a building for soldiers) · nb kaserne (a building for soldiers) · hi छावनी (a building for soldiers) · eo kazerno (a building for soldiers) · hu barakk (a building for soldiers) · he אַכְסַנְיָא (a building for soldiers) · is hermannaskáli (a building for soldiers) · az kazarma (a building for soldiers) · hu kaszárnya (a building for soldiers) · eo soldatejo (a building for soldiers) · ckb حامیە (a building for soldiers) · ko 바라크 (a building for soldiers) · gv thie sidoor (a building for soldiers) · ne छाउनी (a building for soldiers) · sq kazermë (a building for soldiers) · th ค่ายทหาร (a building for soldiers) · it baracca (simple, low structure) · uz kazarma (a building for soldiers) · ota قیشله (a building for soldiers) · gv barrick (a building for soldiers) · pl barak (simple, low structure) · am ሰፈር (a building for soldiers) · bg бара́ка (simple, low structure) · ms berek (a building for soldiers) · de Baracke (simple, low structure) · ru каза́рма (a building for soldiers) · scn barracca (simple, low structure) · az qışla (a building for soldiers) · de Kaserne (a building for soldiers) · hi कोट (a building for soldiers) · pl koszary (a building for soldiers) · uk бара́к (a building for soldiers) · ru бара́к (a building for soldiers) · ga beairic (a building for soldiers) · es barraca (a building for soldiers) · ota باراقه (simple, low structure) · sh kàsārna (a building for soldiers) · mk касарна (a building for soldiers) · sl vojášnica (a building for soldiers)

barrack en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbeɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Australia)
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɛɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
    • Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel. 1825, Richard Carlile, The Republican, volume 11, page 276:
  2. (intransitive) To live in barracks.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barracking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barracks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barracked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barracked Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

de kasernieren (To live in barracks)

barrack en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbeɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Australia)
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɛɹ.ək/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹ.ək/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger

Meanings

  1. (UK, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
    • I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive. 1934, Herbert Chapman, Herbert Chapman on Football, page 140:
    • Its basic tenet was to say that if those Arsenal supporters who barracked the board at home games could do any better, let them come forward, put some money in the club, and have a go at being directors themselves. In short, ‘Put up or shut up’, which, of course, only encouraged Johnny and One-armed Lou to heckle the Arsenal board even more. Dear old Dennis, he had no idea the barracking he and his fellow Arsenal directors suffered at every home game came from Spurs supporters. 2009, Jimmy Greaves, The Heart of the Game, unnumbered page:
    • Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another. 2006, Ramsay Burt, Judson Dance Theater: Performative traces, page 192:
  2. (Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.
    • ‘So to me barracking for the footy I identified with my father, although nobody barracked for Essendon.’ 2010, John Cash, Joy Damousi, Footy Passions, page 75:
    • I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen. 2009, Roger Averill, Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey, page 115:
    • The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved. 1988, J. A. Mangan, editor, Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism: British Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad 1700-1914, page 266:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barracking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barracks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barracked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barracked Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

gird · jeer · cheer on · roast · beclap · hail · encheer · barrack · make fun of · tease · badger · taunt · cheer · huzzah · jeer · barrack · acclamate · clap · heckle · hurrah · root for · applaud · acclaim · hurray · cheer · badger · tease

Translations (4)

de buhen (To jeer and heckle) · de auspfeifen (To jeer and heckle) · de anfeuern (To cheer for or support a team) · de niederschreien (To jeer and heckle)