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briser.

to break; snap

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/bʁi.ze/

  1. to break; snap

    transitive
    Est-ce que c'est vraiment une promesse si tu sais que tu vas la briser ?

  2. to become broken; snap

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Late Latin brisāre, of uncertain further origin. Possibly of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to burst, break, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”); compare English burst.

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