brigue

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French brigue, of uncertain origin. Compare Italian briga, Spanish brega. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹiːɡ/ Rhymes: -iːɡ === Noun === brigue (plural brigues) (obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations. October 9 1749, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in Letters to His Son, published in 1774 the rise and decay of the Papal power , the politics of that Court , the Brigues of the Cardinals , the tricks of the Conclaves === Verb === brigue (third-person singular simple present brigues, present participle briguing, simple past and past participle brigued) (obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods. == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: briguent, brigues === Verb === brigue inflection of briguer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === brigue f (plural brigues) (Jersey) brig == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bri‧gue === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English brig. ==== Noun ==== brigue m (plural brigues) brig (two-masted vessel) ===== Related terms ===== brigar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== brigue inflection of brigar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “brigue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026