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English
Pronunciation
Noun
barquette (plural barquettes)
- A kind of small sailboat.
- A small boat-shaped pastry shell with a sweet or savoury filling.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French barquette, first attested c. 1320 (discounting an adjective in nef barquette, 1238). By surface analysis, barque + -ette.
Pronunciation
Noun
barquette f (plural barquettes)
- small boat
- punnet, small box, small tub
- (zoology) painted comber, Serranus scriba
- (motoring) prototype
- stretcher
- barquette (kind of filled pastry)
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