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brisque

French, noun/bʁisk/

brisque is a French feminine noun meaning “a specific card game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu de cartes”.

What does brisque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedfemininea specific card game

  2. 2

    femininein the French army, a chevron (symbol) worn on the sleeve as a sign of experience

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Jeu de cartes. 2. Carte d'atout, as et dix, de ce jeu. 3. Chevron d’ancienneté d’un soldat rengagé.

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 brisque

  • brisques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce brisque?

  • /bʁisk/
  • \bʁisk\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.