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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k
• Homophone: barque

Etymology 1

From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-Germanic *berkan? (“to bark, rumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *b?er- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burg??ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”).

Verb

bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)

1. (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

   Synonym: give tongue

2. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
   • Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.

3. (transitive) To speak sharply.

Synonyms

• latrate (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bark (plural barks)

1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
2. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bark, from Old English barc (“bark”), from Old Norse b?rkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to *birkij? (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ergo- (compare Latin fr?xinus (“ash”), Lithuanian béržas (“birch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to gleam; white”) (compare English bright); akin to Danish bark, Icelandic börkur, Low German borke and Albanian berk (“bast”).

Noun

bark (countable and uncountable, plural barks)

2. (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
3. (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
5. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
7. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
8. The envelopment or outer covering of anything.

Usage notes

Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.

Synonyms

• (exterior covering of a tree): rind

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)

1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
3. To girdle.
4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

Derived terms

• ringbark

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English barke (“boat”), from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek ????? (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ????? (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian b?jr (“transport ship, type of fish”),

Doublet of barge and barque.

Alternative forms

• barque

Noun

bark (plural barks)

1. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
2. (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
3. (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Translations

Anagrams

• brak, kbar, krab

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *báruka, from Proto-Indo-European *b?or-uko-, from *b?er- (“to carry”). Compare Illyrian *??????. A doublet of bie, barrë, and barrë.

Noun

bark m (indefinite plural barqe, definite singular barku, definite plural barqet)

1. (anatomy) belly

Declension

Derived terms

• zbërkoj
• lëbarke

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?rkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark/, [b?????]

Noun

bark c (singular definite barken, not used in plural form)

1. bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse barki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark/, [b?????]

Noun

bark c (singular definite barken, plural indefinite barker)

1. bark (large sailing boat)

Inflection

References

• “bark” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bark,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rk/
• Hyphenation: bark
• Rhymes: -?rk

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bark m (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)

1. the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch barke, from Old French barque.

Noun

bark f (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)

1. barge, a large type of rowing or sailing boat

Anagrams

• brak, krab

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish bark, from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek ????? (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ????? (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian b?jr (“transport ship, type of fish”),

Noun

bark f (genitive singular barkar, plural barkir)

1. (nautical) bark: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Declension

Synonyms

• barkskip

Middle English

Alternative forms

• barke

Etymology

From Old English bark, from Old Norse b?rkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark/

Noun

bark (plural barkes)

1. bark (a tree's covering, often used in leatherworking or as a pharmaceutical).
2. The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit.
3. (rare, Late Middle English, figuratively) A shallow look at something.

Derived terms

• barker
• barkyn

Descendants

• English: bark
• Scots: bark

References

• “bark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?rkr

Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, uncountable)

1. bark (outer layer of trunks and branches of trees and bushes)

Derived terms

• hjernebark

See also

• bork (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Late Latin barca, via French barque

Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barker, definite plural barkene)

1. (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)

References

• “bark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin barca, via French barque

Noun

bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barkar, definite plural barkane)

1. (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)

References

• “bark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *b?rk?.

Noun

bark m inan

1. shoulder

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin barca.

Noun

bark m inan

1. barque (sailing vessel)

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bark m inan

1. unit in the Bark scale

Further reading

• bark in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bark in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/bark on the Polish Wikisource.pl.Wikisource:S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/bark

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse b?rkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.

Noun

bark c (uncountable)

1. bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

   Hyponym: barka

2. barque (type of ship)

   Synonym: barkskepp

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Dutch bricke ("cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch brik), whence also Old French briche and French brique (“brick”). Compare also German Low German Brickje (“small board, tray”). Related to break.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: br?k, IPA^(key): /b??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

brick (countable and uncountable, plural bricks)

1. (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

   This wall is made of bricks.

2. (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

   This house is made of brick.

3. (countable) Something shaped like a brick.

   a plastic explosive brick

   • 2011, Seth Kenlon, Revolution Radio (page 70)

     The handyman considered the question and I knew she had a brick of ground beans in her bag but was considering whether the beds and a hot drink was worth a brick of coffee.

   • 2012, Kevin Sampson, Powder (page 34)

     He disentangled himself from the safe door and delved inside. He brought out a brick of banknotes.

4. (slang, dated) A helpful and reliable person.

   Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick.

   • 1903 Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, ch. 48:

     Theobald's mind worked in this way: "Now, I know Ernest has told this boy what a disagreeable person I am, and I will just show him that I am not disagreeable at all, but a good old fellow, a jolly old boy, in fact a regular old brick, and that it is Ernest who is in fault all through."
5. (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.

   We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.

6. (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
7. (computing slang, figuratively) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
8. (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
9. (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.

10. The colour brick red.
11. (slang) One kilo of cocaine.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Welsh: brics

Translations

Adjective

brick (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, African-American Vernacular, New England, of weather) Extremely cold.
   • 2005, Vibe (volume 12, number 14, page 102)

     And while the tropics are definitely the place to be when it's brick outside, rocking a snorkel on the beach only works when you're snorkeling.

   • 2014, Ray Mack, Underestimated: A Searcher's Story (?ISBN), page 89:

     He was always hanging tight with me and since he had access to a ride . . . it made traveling easier. I mean it was no biggie brain buster to take the train, but when it's brick outside . . . fuck the A train.

Derived terms

• brick shithouse

Translations

Verb

brick (third-person singular simple present bricks, present participle bricking, simple past and past participle bricked)

1. To build with bricks.
   • 1914, The Mining Engineer, Institution of Mining Engineers, page 349

     The shaft was next bricked between the decks until the top scaffold was supported by the brickwork and [made] to share the weight with the prids.

2. To make into bricks.
   • 1904 September 15, James C. Bennett, Walter Renton Ingalls (editor), Lead Smelting and Refining with Some Notes on Lead Mining (1906), The Engineering and Mining Journal, page 66

     The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.

3. (slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
4. (computing slang) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.

   My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.

   • 2007 December 14, Joe Barr, “PacketProtector turns SOHO router into security powerhouse”, Linux.com

     installing third-party firmware will void your warranty, and it is possible that you may brick your router.

   • 2016, Alex Hern, Revolv devices bricked as Google's Nest shuts down smart home company (in The Guardian)

     Google owner Alphabet’s subsidiary Nest is closing a smart-home company it bought less than two years ago, leaving customers’ devices useless as of May. […] The company declined to share how many customers would be left with bricked devices as a result of the shutdown.

Antonyms

• (technology, slang: revert a device to the operational state): unbrick

Derived terms

• bricker
• brick in
• brick over
• brick up
• brick it

Translations

See also

• brickfielder
• brick it

Further reading

• brick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “brick”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

French

Etymology

From English brig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ik/

Noun

brick m (plural bricks)

1. (nautical) A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
2. A fritter with a filling.

Further reading

• “brick” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Manx

Noun

brick m pl

1. plural of breck

Mutation

Scots

Verb

brick

1. South Scots form of brak (“to break”)