barcarole

or bar·ca·rolle

[ bahr-kuh-rohl ]

noun

1. a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
2. a piece of music composed in the style of such songs.

barcarole

/ ˌbɑːkəˈrəʊl; -ˌrɒl; ˈbɑːkəˌrəʊl /

noun

1. a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
2. an instrumental composition resembling this

Word History and Origins

Origin of barcarole¹

1605–15; < Venetian barcarola boatman's song, feminine of barcarolo, equivalent to barcar- (< Late Latin barcārius boatman; bark ³, -ary ) + -olo (≪ Latin -eolus )

Word History and Origins

Origin of barcarole¹

C18: from French, from Italian barcarola , from barcaruolo boatman, from barca boat; see barque

Example Sentences

Théophile was singing the barcarole from the second act of Aline, Queen of Golconda at the top of his voice.

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Now, won't you play that pretty barcarole you played the other night at Lady Fenleigh's?

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He ran upstairs, singing a barcarole at the top of his voice, and rushed into the room, waving the model ship above his head.

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My own father was barcarole there to a great Milordo, I can't say how many years back.

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Mamma is gone, and Ned was asking little Muir to sing that delicious barcarole she gave us the other evening.

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