Bricken

/ˈbrɪkən/ adjective

Definition

Made of brick or resembling brick; constructed with bricks (rare or archaic usage).

Etymology

From 'brick' plus '-en' (a suffix forming adjectives, as in 'wooden' or 'woolen'). This is an archaic or poetic way to describe something brick-like.

Kelly Says

English has 'wooden,' 'golden,' and 'leaden,' so 'bricken' should exist and it did—but it lost out to 'brick' as an adjective ('brick house' instead of 'bricken house'), showing how English gradually simplified its adjective-forming suffixes.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
እንደ እንዳለ
en-de en-da-le
ARالعربية
أحجار
a-ḥa-jar
BNবাংলা
একটি ইট
ek-ti i-t
CACatalà
maons
ma-ons
CSČeština
cihly
ci-hly
DADansk
sten
sten
DEDeutsch
Ziegel
tsi-gel
ELΕλληνικά
ματόλινα
ma-to-li-na
ESEspañol
ladrillos
la-dri-yos
FAفارسی
آجر
a-jar
FISuomi
tiiliä
tii-liä
FRFrançais
briques
brik
GUGU
કાચા
ka-cha
HAHA
kayan
ka-yan
HEעברית
לוחות
lo-chot
HIहिन्दी
ईटें
i-te-n
HUMagyar
téglák
teg-la-k
IDBahasa Indonesia
batu bata
ba-tu ba-ta
IGIG
ụkwụ
uk-wu
ITItaliano
mattoni
mat-to-ni
JA日本語
レンガ
renga
KKKK
тас
tas
KMKM
បាត់
ba-at
KO한국어
벽돌
byeok-dol
MRMR
मोठे
mo-the
MSBahasa Melayu
bata
ba-ta
MYမြန်မာ
ကျောက်စိမ်း
kyaw-k-se-in
NLNederlands
bakstenen
bak-ste-nen
NONorsk
stein
stein
PAPA
ਕੇ
ke
PLPolski
cegły
che-g-ly
PTPortuguês
tijolos
ti-jo-los
RORomână
carămizi
ka-ra-mi-zi
RUРусский
кирпичи
kip-ri-chi
SVSvenska
tegelstenar
te-gel-sten-ar
SWKiswahili
mawe
ma-we
TAதமிழ்
வெண்கலம்
ven-ka-lam
TEతెలుగు
ఇటుకలు
i-tu-ku-lu
THไทย
อิฐ
iht
TLTL
bato
ba-to
TRTürkçe
tuğlalar
tuh-g-la-lar
UKУкраїнська
цеглини
tse-gli-ni
URاردو
پتھر
pat-har
VITiếng Việt
gạch
gach
YOYO
ṣọpọ
ṣọ-pọ
ZH中文
zhuān
ZUZU
amakhaza
a-ma-kha-za

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