Baroque

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Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: barokní — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Danish: barok — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Danish: barok- — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Dutch: barok — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Esperanto: baroka — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Finnish: barokkinen — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Finnish: barokki- — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• German: barock — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• German: Barock- — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Japanese: バロック (barokku) — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Korean: 바로크 (barokeu) — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Polish: barokowy — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Portuguese: barroco — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Sicilian: baroccu — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Spanish: barroco — relating or belonging to the Baroque period
• Catalan: barroc — laden with detail
• Danish: barok — laden with detail
• Finnish: koristeellinen — laden with detail
• Finnish: barokkinen — laden with detail
• Italian: barocco — laden with detail
• Norwegian Bokmål: barokk — laden with detail
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barokk — laden with detail
• Portuguese: barroco — laden with detail
• Slovene: baročen — laden with detail
• Swedish: barock — laden with detail
• Finnish: barokkinen — complex and beautiful
• Portuguese: barroco — complex and beautiful
• Slovene: baročen — complex and beautiful
• Finnish: groteski — grotesque
• Finnish: barokkinen — grotesque
• Finnish: barokkinen — embellished
• Polish: barokowy — embellished
• Portuguese: barroco — embellished
• Czech: baroko — period in architecture
• Danish: barokken — period in architecture
• Dutch: barok — period in architecture
• Faroese: barokkur — period in architecture
• Finnish: barokki — period in architecture
• German: Barock — period in architecture
• Greek: μπαρόκ (barók) — period in architecture
• Italian: barocco — period in architecture
• Macedonian: барок (barok) — period in architecture
• Norwegian Bokmål: barokk — period in architecture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barokk — period in architecture
• Polish: barok — period in architecture
• Portuguese: Barroco — period in architecture
• Russian: баро́кко (barókko) — period in architecture
• Scottish Gaelic: Baroc — period in architecture
• Slovene: barok — period in architecture
• Spanish: Barroco — period in architecture
• Ukrainian: баро́ко (baróko) — period in architecture
• Czech: baroko — period in art
• Danish: barokken — period in art
• Dutch: barok — period in art
• Faroese: barokkur — period in art
• Finnish: barokki — period in art
• German: Barock — period in art
• Greek: μπαρόκ (barók) — period in art
• Italian: barocco — period in art
• Macedonian: барок (barok) — period in art
• Norwegian Bokmål: barokk — period in art
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barokk — period in art
• Polish: barok — period in art
• Portuguese: Barroco — period in art
• Russian: баро́кко (barókko) — period in art
• Scottish Gaelic: Baroc — period in art
• Slovene: barok — period in art
• Spanish: Barroco — period in art
• Ukrainian: баро́ко (baróko) — period in art
• Czech: baroko — period in music
• Danish: barok — period in music
• Dutch: barok — period in music
• Faroese: barokkur — period in music
• Finnish: barokki — period in music
• German: Barock — period in music
• Greek: μπαρόκ (barók) — period in music
• Italian: barocco — period in music
• Macedonian: барок (barok) — period in music
• Norwegian Bokmål: barokk — period in music
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barokk — period in music
• Polish: barok — period in music
• Portuguese: Barroco — period in music
• Russian: баро́кко (barókko) — period in music
• Scottish Gaelic: Baroc — period in music
• Slovene: barok — period in music
• Spanish: Barroco — period in music
• Russian: баро́кко (barókko) — chess variant