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- French · borrowed frombrise-soleil
- English todaybrise soleil
Borrowed from French brise-soleil, from briser (“to break”) + soleil (“sun”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
brise soleil
Today it means: A type of structural sunshade with slats, holes, etc, to keep sunlight from striking fully on a building. Full definition →
French brise-soleil