brisque
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French brisque.
Noun
brisque (plural brisques)
- 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[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁisk/
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Noun
brisque f (plural brisques)
- (card games, dated) a specific card game
- (military) in the French army, a chevron (symbol) worn on the sleeve as a sign of experience
Derived terms
- briscard (“wearer of a brisque”)
References
- Etymology and history of “brisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “brisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.