Translation
lighter
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Word origin
From briquer, a dialect word meaning 'to break', from brique ('fragment'), with the suffix -et. The name referred first to the steel used to strike a flint.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- brique
Grammar
Examples
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Have you got a lighter? I have run out of matches.
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He took his lighter out of his pocket to light the candle.
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The lighter is empty, it needs refilling.
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Lighters are banned in cabin luggage.
collectionnait .
My grandfather collected old silver lighters.
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