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)

  1. 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.
  2. (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)

  1. Alternative form of briquette

French edit

Etymology edit

Specialised sense of Middle French briquet (piece, morsel), from brique.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bʁi.kɛ/
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Noun edit

briquet m (plural briquets)

  1. (obsolete) frizzen
  2. firestriker
  3. cigarette lighter, lighter
  4. (zoology) beagle
  5. (heraldry) firesteel

Descendants edit

  • English: briquet
  • Spanish: briquet
  • Romanian: brichetă

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French briquet.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈke/ [bɾiˈke]
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun edit

briquet m (plural briquetes)

  1. (Colombia) lighter
    Synonyms: encendedor, (Cuba) fosforera, (Panama, Puerto Rico) lighter, (Spain) mechero, (Venezuela) yesquero