briquer
French, verb/bʁi.ke/
briquer is spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briquer is a French verb meaning “to scrub, polish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Astiquer, nettoyer avec une brique”.
What does briquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrub, polish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Astiquer, nettoyer avec une brique. 2. Casser des objets à bris tranchants, ébriquer. 3. Mettre en panne un appareil par une action inappropriée : l'appareil devient alors aussi utile qu'une brique.
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 briquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- briquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- briqué participle past
- brique first-person indicative present
- briques indicative present second-person
- briquons first-person indicative plural
- briquez indicative plural present
- briquent indicative plural present
- briquais first-person imperfect indicative
- briquait imperfect indicative singular
- briquions first-person imperfect indicative
- briquiez imperfect indicative plural
- briquaient imperfect indicative plural
- briquai first-person historic indicative
- briquas historic indicative past
- briqua historic indicative past
- briquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce briquer?
- /bʁi.ke/
- \bʁi.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to briquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is briquer in French?
briquer appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).