| 单词 | briolette |
| 释义 | briolette[ bree-uh-let; French bree-aw-let ] / ˌbri əˈlɛt; French bri ɔˈlɛt / noun, plural bri·o·lettes [bree-uh-lets; French bree-aw-let]. /ˌbri əˈlɛts; French bri ɔˈlɛt/.any pear-shaped gem having its entire surface cut with triangular facets. Origin of briolette1860–65; <French, variant of brillolette, itself alteration (by association with brillant diamond) of brignolette literally, little dried plum (facetious coinage), equivalent to brignole (after Brignoles in Provence, where the plums are dried) + -ette-ette Words nearby briolettebrinny, Brinton, briny, brio, brioche, briolette, briony, briquet, Briquet's syndrome, briquette, bris Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for briolettebriolette / (ˌbriːəʊˈlɛt) / nouna pear-shaped gem cut with long triangular facets Word Origin for brioletteC19: from French, alteration of brillolette, from brignolette little dried plum, after Brignoles, France, where these plums are produced Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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