English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ).sə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)sə(r)

Proper noun

Barca

1. FC Barcelona, a prominent Spanish association football club
   • 2007: Setanta Sports, News 18/12/2007

     Giovani committed to Barca

   • 2005: CNN, Football 16/12/2005

     Chelsea and Barca clash once again

   • 2000: BBC News Online, Football News 19/4/2000

     There's only one Barca

Derived terms

• Barcid

Etymology 2

From the Punic Carthaginian surname, from the Phoenician word for lighting.

Proper noun

Barca ‎(plural Barcas)

1. A surname of Phoenician Carthaginian origin.

Derived terms

• Barcid

Aragonese

Noun

barca f

1. boat

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin barca.

Pronunciation

• (Alghero) IPA^(key): [bálka]
• (Eastern Catalan) IPA^(key): [báɾkə]
• (Western Catalan) IPA^(key): [báɾkɛ], [báɾka]

Noun

barca f ‎(plural barques)

1. boat (a small watercraft)
2. (historical) a ship 's company

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin barca.

Noun

barca f ‎(plural barcas)

1. small boat

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin barca.

Pronunciation

Noun

barca f ‎(plural barche)

1. boat

Synonyms

• imbarcazione
• natante

Related terms

Anagrams

• braca, cabra

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Possibly from a form *barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις ‎(báris), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ ‎(bāre, “small boat”), from Egyptian [script needed] ‎(bēre).

Pronunciation

• (Late Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ka/

Noun

barca f ‎(genitive barcae); first declension

1. small watercraft, barge, bark [post-Classical]

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• barca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BARCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “barca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• barca in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• barca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barca in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• barca in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin barca.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾkɐ/

Noun

barca f (plural barcas)

1. boat
2. barge
3. barque

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin barca, from Ancient Greek βάρις ‎(báris), from Egyptian [script needed] ‎(bēre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɾ.ka]

Noun

barca f ‎(plural barcas)

1. bark (boat), a small boat

Derived terms

• barco
• embarcación
• embarcar