barrack
A building for soldiers, especially within a garrisonA building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Meaning
5 senses(in the plural)A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Kaserne, Baracke
каза́рмаkazárma, бара́кbarák
каза́рмаkazárma, бара́кbarák
(in the plural)A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
Baracke
бара́кbarák
бара́кbarák
(broadly, in the plural)Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
(US)A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
(Ireland, colloquial, usually plural)A police station.
- a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertaBorrowed 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.
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