brique

Of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bricke and Middle Dutch brike, related to breken (“to break”).

• IPA^(key): /bʁik/

• brique

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brique f (plural briques)

1. brick (hardened block used for building)
2. carton box (food packaging)

   une brique de lait — a milk carton

3. (slang) Ten thousand French francs (one million old francs)

• “brique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English brick, French brique.

brique f (plural briques)

1. (Jersey) brick