brisque

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brisque.

Noun

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brisque (plural brisques)

  1. In the card game bezique, an ace or ten won in a trick.

French

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Etymology

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Unknown. Probably an abbreviation of briscambille. A card game briche existed in Old French, although the unexplained change from -ch- to -sq- makes this hypothesis less likely.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʁisk/
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Noun

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brisque f (plural brisques)

  1. (card games, dated) a specific card game
  2. (military) in the French army, a chevron (symbol) worn on the sleeve as a sign of experience

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of brisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

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