breloque

English

Etymology

From French breloque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈləʊk/

Noun

breloque (plural breloques)

1. A seal or charm for a watchchain.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     she praised the lovely breloques or gimcracks which the young gentleman wore

   • 1971, Dmitri Nabokov translating Vladimir Nabokov, Glory, page 1:

     […] wearing a waist-coat rich in breloques (the most amusing of which was a dagger the size of a fingernail)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.lɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

breloque f (plural breloques)

1. charm (for bracelet)

Descendants

• → English: breloque
• → Greek: μπρελόκ (brelók)
• → Polish: brelok
• → Romanian: breloc
• → Swedish: berlock

Further reading

• “breloque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.