English Explanatory Dictionary

briquet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
  2. Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
  3. A small short sword or sabre of a particular European (especially French) style.
verb
  1. Alternative form of briquette.

Word forms

briquet briquets briquetting briquetted

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.

Synonyms

lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes
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