briquet

See also: Briquet

English

Etymology

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 (suffix forming masculine diminutives).

Noun

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

briquet (third-person singular simple present briquets, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted)

1. Alternative form of briquette

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.kɛ/

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Noun

briquet m (plural briquets)

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “briquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French briquet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

briquet m (plural briquetes)

1. (Colombia) lighter

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