barrack

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈbærək/ UK /ˈbærək/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a building housing soldiers; also to jeer or to shout support

The recruits returned to the barrack after the long drill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a building housing... quarters garrison billet jeer heckle taunt cheer

Word family

Derived forms barracking

Etymology

From French baraque ('soldier's hut'), from Spanish or Catalan barraca ('hut'), of uncertain origin; the verb 'to jeer' is a separate Australian/British slang development.

baraque French barraca Spanish

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General Vocabulary

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# barrack

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbærək/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbærək/

## Meanings
1. a building housing soldiers; also to jeer or to shout support

## Examples
- The recruits returned to the barrack after the long drill.

## Synonyms
- quarters
- garrison
- billet
- jeer
- heckle
- taunt
- cheer

## Derived Forms
- barracking

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: baraque
- Root: barraca

## Etymology
From French baraque ('soldier's hut'), from Spanish or Catalan barraca ('hut'), of uncertain origin; the verb 'to jeer' is a separate Australian/British slang development.

## AI Etymology
Barrack is from French baraque ('soldier's hut'), from Spanish or Catalan barraca ('hut'), of uncertain origin; the verb 'to jeer' is a separate Australian/British slang development. Important recorded forms include baraque (French) and barraca (Spanish). The current sense covers a building housing soldiers; also to jeer or to shout support. The wider family includes derived forms such as barracking.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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