briquet

See also Briquet

English

Alternative forms

• briquette

Etymology

From French briquette, diminutive of brique (“brick”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /brɪˈkɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

briquet (plural briquets)

1. a small brick, typically made of charcoal and typically used for fuel
   • 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. (obsolete?) a cigarette lighter
   • 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint's Progress

     Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.

Translations

small brick

• Finnish: briketti (fi)
• French: briquette (fr) f

• German: Brikett (de) n
• Hungarian: brikett (hu)

cigarette lighter

• French: briquet (fr) m

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʁikɛ/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

briquet m (plural briquets)

1. (obsolete) frizzen
2. (cigarette) lighter
3. (zoology) beagle

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Spanish

Noun

briquet m (plural briquetes)

1. (Colombia) lighter

Synonyms

• encendedor m
• fosforera f (Cuba)
• lighter m (Panama, Puerto Rico)
• mechero m (Spain)
• yesquero m (Venezuela)