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French word
brasier
Pronunciation
IPA/bʁazje/
Meaning
- masculine nounblaze
Example
Les pompiers ont éteint le brasier rapidement.
The firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.
More examples
La chaleur du brasier était insupportable.
The heat from the blaze was unbearable.
Core concept
A spreading fire whose red coals and fierce flames create overwhelming heat.
Common phrases
éteindre le brasier
extinguish the blaze
attiser le brasier
stoke the blaze
Similar words
feu: Fire in general, including the burning process and the material being consumed.
incendie: A large, destructive fire spreading through a building, forest, or other area.
flamme: The bright, visible part of a fire that burns with red or yellow light.
braise: A red-hot piece of coal left glowing after the main fire has burned down.
Definition in French
Feu très violent et ardent, souvent associé à des braises et à une grande chaleur.
Word origin
The noun brasier derives from braise, itself an old French word for a glowing coal, with a noun-forming suffix added in French.
Usage tips
- Brasier is pronounced roughly brah-zjey, with the final -ier sounding like the yé in pied rather than like the English suffix in fire.
Other meanings
- firenoun
- conflagrationnoun
Opposites
- braiseembernoun