Definitions for barcarole

barcarole bar·ca·role

Spelling: [bahr-kuh-rohl]
IPA: /ˈbɑr kəˌroʊl/

Barcarole is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 320 anagrams from letters in barcarole (aabcelorr).

Definitions for barcarole

noun

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

Origin of barcarole

1605-15; Venetian barcarola boatman's song, feminine of barcarolo, equivalent to barcar- (Late Latin barcārius boatman; see bark3, -ary

Examples for barcarole

The blind beggar touched his harp; in the distance were heard the rhythmic strains of a barcarole.

The barcarole is one of the few which by virtue of its serene and classical beauty has still been able to survive it.

She wandered off into the gentle sadness of Godard's "barcarole," and the three ghosts sat motionless.

Then one song and another was called for, and the night rang with ballad and barcarole, glee and round.

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

Dulcamara brings out a piece of music, which he says is the latest thing from Venice, a barcarole for two voices.

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

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

Madame Hvoslef, who is an accomplished performer, sat down to it, and gave us the barcarole from Massaniello.

I enhanced the likeness very much, last Friday morning, by singing a barcarole on the rocks.

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