brique

== French == === Etymology === Of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bricke and Middle Dutch brike, related to breken (“to break”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁik/ === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== avoir une brique dans le ventre ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: bric === Further reading === “brique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 brique on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr == 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 === Hyphenation: bri‧que === Noun === brique m (plural briques) (South Brazil, colloquial) exchange (an act of exchanging or trading something for another thing) Synonyms: troca, permuta, câmbio, intercâmbio === Further reading === “brique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “brique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026