"brisque" meaning in French

See brisque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʁisk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-brisque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-brisque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-brisque.wav Forms: brisques [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Probably an abbreviation of briscambille. A card game briche existed in Old French, although the unexplained change from -ch- to -sq- makes this hypothesis less likely. Cf. Asturian briscu. Etymology templates: {{unk|fr}} Unknown, {{cog|ast|briscu}} Asturian briscu Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} brisque f (plural brisques)
  1. (card games, dated) a specific card game Tags: dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-brisque-fr-noun-X7zM1APl Categories (other): Card games Topics: card-games, games
  2. (military) in the French army, a chevron (symbol) worn on the sleeve as a sign of experience Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-brisque-fr-noun-KIFyoIoB Categories (other): Military, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: briscard (english: wearer of a brisque)
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