WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bri•o•lette
(brē′ə let′; Fr. brē ô let′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lettes
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(-lets′; Fr. -let′).USA pronunciation
- Jewelryany pear-shaped gem having its entire surface cut with triangular facets.
- 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
- 1860–65