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). The sword is so called due to its small size and perceived resemblance to a firelighter.

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.

3. A small short sword or sabre of a particular European (especially French) style.

   

   A briquet sword.

   • 2016 October 1, Colby Marshall, Flash Point, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN:

     ' […] blade. I'd say an infantry sword. Briquet sabre, if I know as much as I think I do. Napoleonic.' Jenna's heart galloped. Stacks upon stacks of classics used the Napoleonic War as a backdrop. She'd been right.  […]

   • 2017 June 30, Henri Lachouque, Anne S. K. Brown, The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:

     […] swords had the Emperor's profile inlaid in silver in the thumb piece. Some NCO's briquets had similar ornaments. The officers' blades were inscribed 'Garde impériale' and either 'Grenadiers à pied' or 'Chasseurs à pied'.

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