• (RP) IPA: /ˈbɑːkəɹəʊl/, /ˌbɑːkəˈɹəʊl/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈbɑɹkəˌɹoʊl/

barcarole (plural barcaroles)

1. (music) A Venetian folk song traditionally sung by gondoliers, often in frac 6 or frac 12 time#Noun|time with alternating#Adjective|alternating strong#Adjective|strong and weak#Adjective|weak beat#Noun|beats imitating a rowing#Noun|rowing motion. [from late 18th c.]
2. (music) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1852 March – 1853 September​, Charles Dickens, “Esther’s Narrative”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, OCLC 999756093 ↗, page 424 ↗:

     [H]e was in the drawing-room before any of us; and I heard him at the piano while I was yet looking after my housekeeping, singing refrains of barcaroles and drinking songs Italian and German by the score.

• French: barcarolle
• German: Barkarole, Gondellied
• Italian: barcarola
• Portuguese: barcarola
• Russian: баркаро́ла
• Spanish: barcarola

• German: Barkarole , Gondellied