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See also: Briquet
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (“forming masculine diminutives”).
Noun[edit]
briquet (plural briquets)
- Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
- 1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries
- Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out.
- 1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries
- (dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
- 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part II, 3 §, page 115:
- Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.
Verb[edit]
briquet (third-person singular simple present briquets, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted)
- Alternative form of briquette
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Specialised sense of Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
briquet m (plural briquets)
- (obsolete) frizzen
- firestriker
- cigarette lighter, lighter
- (zoology) beagle
- (heraldry) firesteel
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “briquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
briquet m (plural briquetes)
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