brisque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brisque.

Noun

brisque (plural brisques)

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

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁisk/

• Audio

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Noun

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

• briscard (“wearer of a brisque”)

Further reading

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