brique
French, noun
brique is spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brique is a French feminine noun meaning “brick (hardened block used for building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, briqué is a different word: “past participle of briquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bloc de pierre artificielle fabriqué avec de la terre argileuse pétrie, moulée, séchée, cuite, et dont on se…”.
What does brique mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrick (hardened block used for building)
- 2
femininecarton box (food packaging)
une brique de lait
- 3
feminineinformaldoorstop (thick, massive book, large book)
- 4
datedfeminineslangten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros)
verb
- 1
past participle of briquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bloc de pierre artificielle fabriqué avec de la terre argileuse pétrie, moulée, séchée, cuite, et dont on se sert comme matériau de construction. Elle peut être pleine, alvéolée ou creuse. 2. Bloc minéral employé pour chauffer le couchage. 3. Matériau ou objet ayant la forme d’une brique. 4. Unité de base d’un ensemble assimilé à un mur.
adjective: 1. Couleur rouge fade tirant sur le brun. #842E1B
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brique
- briques plural
- briquée feminine
- briqués masculine plural
- briquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brique in French?
brique appears 5.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).