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French
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bricke and Middle Dutch brike, related to breken (“to break”).
Pronunciation
Noun
brique f (plural briques)
- brick (hardened block used for building)
- carton box (food packaging)
- une brique de lait ― a milk carton
- (informal) doorstop (thick, massive book, large book)
- Synonym: pavé
- (slang, dated) ten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros)
- Synonyms: plaque, bâton, patate
1994, Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’:Marc: […] Un garçon aisé mais qui ne roule pas sur l’or. Aisé sans plus, aisé bon. Qui achète un tableau blanc vingt briques.- Marc: A boy who is well-off but not rolling in it. Well-off, but no more than that, simply well-off. The type to buy a blank canvas for 200 grand .
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Further reading
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English brick, French brique.
Noun
brique f (plural briques)
- (Jersey) brick
Portuguese
Etymology
From earlier bricabraque, borrowed from French bric-à-brac.
Pronunciation
Noun
brique m (plural briques)
- (South Brazil, colloquial) exchange (an act of exchanging or trading something for another thing)
- Synonyms: troca, permuta, câmbio, intercâmbio