break

See also: Break

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) breken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) brecan, from Template:proto, from Template:proto.

Cognates

Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots (deprecated template usage) brek, West Frisian (deprecated template usage) brekke, Dutch (deprecated template usage) breken, French (deprecated template usage) broyer, German (deprecated template usage) brechen, Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian (deprecated template usage) brek.

Also cognate with Latin (deprecated template usage) frangō (verb), from whence English (deprecated template usage) fracture and other terms – (deprecated template usage) fragile, (deprecated template usage) frail, (deprecated template usage) fraction, and (deprecated template usage) fragment.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brāk, , Template:SAMPA

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: brake

Verb

break (third-person singular simple present breaks, present participle breaking, simple past broke, past participle broken)

1. Template:intransitive To end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled.

   If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

2. Template:transitive To cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled.

   She broke the vase.

3. Template:transitive To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

   Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

   The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

4. Template:intransitive Of a bone, to crack or fracture due to a physical strain, such as a collision.

   His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.

5. Template:transitive To cause, accidentally or intentionally, (a bone) to crack under physical strain.

   She broke his neck.

   He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

6. Template:transitive To cause (a person) to lose his spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin (a person) emotionally.

   Her child's death broke her.

   Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.

7. To cause an animal to lose its will, to tame.

   You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

8. To cause (a habit) to no longer exist.

   I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.

9. To ruin financially.

   The recession broke some small businesses.

10. Template:transitive To do that which is forbidden by (a rule or rules).

    When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.

    He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.

    break one's word

11. Template:transitive To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor.

    Letting white have three extra queens would break chess.

12. Template:intransitive To stop functioning properly or altogether.

    On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.

13. Template:transitive To cause to stop functioning properly or altogether.

    Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

    1. (deprecated template usage) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

       Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.

14. Template:transitive To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

    break a seal

    1. (deprecated template usage) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
    2. (deprecated template usage) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
15. Template:intransitive To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

    

    A wave breaking.

16. Template:intransitive to end

    The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek

17. Template:intransitive To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

    Let's break for lunch.

18. Template:transitive To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath.

    He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

19. Template:transitive To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

    The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.

    I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

20. Template:intransitive To arrive.

    Morning has broken.

21. Template:intransitive To become audible suddenly.
    • c. 1843 George Lippard, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 [1]:

      Like the crash of thunderbolts […] , the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, […] .

22. Template:transitive To change a steady state abruptly.

    His coughing broke the silence.

    His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.

    With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.

23. Template:copulative To suddenly become.

    Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.

    The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke bad.

24. Template:intransitive Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

    His voice breaks (or cracks) when he gets emotional.

25. Template:transitive To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (an record), setting a new record.

    He broke the mens' 100-meter record.

    I can't believe she broke 3 under par!

    The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.

26. Template:sports:
    1. Template:intransitive To win a game as receiver.

       He needs to break serve to win the match.

    2. Template:intransitive To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.

       Is it your or my turn to break?

    3. Template:backgammon To remove one of the two men on (a point).
27. Template:transitive To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
    • 1953 February 9, “Books: First Rulers of Asia”, in Time:

      And he played no favorites: when his son-in-law sacked a city he had been told to spare, Genghis broke him to private.

    • 1968, William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp, Back Bay (2003), ISBN 978-0-316-52940-2, page 215:

      One morning after the budget had failed to balance Finanzminister von Scholz picked up Der Reichsanzeiger and found he had been broken to sergeant.

    • 2006, Peter Collier, Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty, Second Edition, Artisan Books, ISBN 978-1-57965-314-9, page 42:

      Not long after this event, Clausen became involved in another disciplinary situation and was broken to private—the only one to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.

28. Template:transitive To end (a connection), to disconnect.

    The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.

    The referee broke the boxers' clinch.

    I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

29. Template:intransitive To demulsify.
30. Template:intransitive To counter-attack
    • Template:quote-news

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:break#|Citations:break]].

Usage notes

The sense relating to a spell of weather is most likely to be used after a period of persistent good or bad weather; it is rarely used to signify the end of short-lived conditions.

Synonyms

• (intransitive: end up in two or more pieces): burst, bust, shatter, shear, smash, split
• (transitive: cause to end up in two or more pieces): bust, shatter, shear, smash, split
• (intransitive: of a bone): crack, fracture
• (transitive: of a bone): crack, fracture
• (transitive: cause an animal to lose its will): subject, tame
• (transitive: do that which is forbidden by): contravene, go against, violate
• (intransitive: stop functioning): break down, bust, fail, go down (of a computer or computer network)

Antonyms

• (transitive: cause to end up in two or more pieces): assemble, fix, join, mend, put together, repair
• (tennis, intransitive: break serve): hold

Derived terms

Terms derived from break (verb)

• breakage
• break a leg
• break apart
• break away
• break bread
• break down
• breaker
• break even
• break in

• break into
• break loose
• break new ground
• break off
• break one's fast
• break open
• break out
• break rank
• break someone's heart

• break stride
• break the ice
• break through
• break up
• break wind
• icebreaker
• make-or-break
• outbreak
• be on a break

See also

• breaking
• broke
• broken

Translations

1. to end up in two or more pieces

• Afrikaans:
• Albanian:
• Arabic: Template:Arab (kásara), Template:Arab (inkásara)
• Armenian: ջարդվել (ǰardvel), կոտրվել (kotərvel)
• Basque: , ,
• Bulgarian: чупя се (čupja se)
• Chinese: 打破 (dǎpò)
• Czech: rozbít se, zlomit se
• Danish: gå i stykker, gå itu
• Dutch: breken (nl)
• Esperanto: ,
• Finnish: särkyä (fi), mennä rikki, hajota (fi), murtua
• French: se rompre, se casser, se briser
• Georgian: ტყდომა (tq‘doma), მტვრევა (mtvreva)
• German: zerbrechen, kaputtgehen, brechen (de)

  Old High German: Template:tø

• Greek: σπάω (el) (spáo)
• Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár)
• Template:trreq
• Hungarian: törik, eltörik
• Icelandic: brotna
• Ido:
• Irish:
• Italian: rompere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 割れる (wareru), 散らばる (chirabaru)
• Korean: 부러지다 (bureojida)
• Latin: cōnfringō, frangō, rumpō, frangere
• Latvian: ,
• Lithuanian: sulaužyti
• Middle Dutch: Template:tø
• Mongolian:
• Old Dutch: Template:tø
• Old English:
• Old Frisian: Template:tø
• Old Saxon: Template:tø
• Persian: ,
• Polish: złamać się (two pieces), rozbić się, połamać się (more pieces)
• Portuguese: quebrar, partir, romper (if flexible material)
• Romanian: a (se) frânge, a (se) rupe, sparge
• Russian: разбиваться (razbivát’s’a) , разбиться (razbít’s’a) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: zlomiti se (two pieces), razbiti se (more pieces)
• Spanish: romperse (es)
• Swedish: gå sönder (sv)
• Telugu: విరుచు (virucu), విరగగొట్టు (viragagoTTu)
• Thai: Template:Thai (dtàek), Template:Thai (lêrk)
• Turkish: kırılmak (tr)

2. to cause to end up in two or more pieces

• Albanian:
• Arabic: Template:Arab (kásara), Template:Arab (kássara)
• Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel), կոտրել (kotrel)
• Template:trreq
• Bulgarian: чупя (čupja)
• Catalan: trencar
• Chinese: 打破 (dǎpò)
• Croatian:
• Danish: slå i stykker, smadre, knuse, ødelægge
• Dutch: breken (nl)
• Esperanto:
• Finnish: murtaa, rikkoa (fi), särkeä (fi), taittaa (fi), hajottaa (fi), pirstoa
• French: rompre (fr), casser (fr), briser (fr)
• Galician: ,
• Georgian: ტყდომა (tq‘doma), მსხვრევა (msxvreva)
• German: brechen (de), zerbrechen (de)
• Guaraní: joka
• Hebrew: שבר (shavár)
• Hindi: टूटना (ṭūṭnā)
• Hungarian: tör (hu), eltör (hu)
• Irish:
• Italian: rompere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 割る (waru), 壊す (kowasu), 砕く (kudaku)
• Korean: 깨트리다 (kkaeteurida), 부러뜨리다 (bureotteurida), 부수다 (busuda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: cōnfringō, frangō, rumpō
• Latvian: ,
• Template:trreq
• Template:trreq
• Template:trreq
• Persian:
• Polish: łamać, rozbijać
• Portuguese: quebrar, partir, romper (if flexible)
• Romanian: rupe (ro), frânge, sfărâma
• Russian: разбивать (razbivát’) , разбить (ru) (razbít’) Template:pf.
• Template:trreq
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: zlomiti (two pieces), razbiti (more pieces)
• Spanish: romper (es), quebrar (es)
• Swedish: bryta, ta/ha/slå sönder
• Thai: Template:Thai (dtàek), Template:Thai (lêrk)
• Turkish: kırmak (tr)
• Urdu: ٹوٹنا (ṭūṭnā)

3. to divide into smaller units

• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi); särkeä (fi) (of money)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: diviser
• Persian:

4. of a bone, to crack

• Albanian:
• Armenian: ջարդվել (ǰardvel), կոտրվել (kotərvel)
• Bulgarian: чупя се (čupja se)
• Czech: zlomit si
• Danish: brække
• Dutch: breken (nl)
• Esperanto:
• Finnish: murtua (fi)
• French: se casser (fr)
• German: brechen (de)
• Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár)
• Hungarian: eltörik
• Icelandic: brotna
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish:
• Italian: rompere (it)
• Japanese: ひびが入る (hibi-ga-hairu), 折れる (oreru)
• Korean: 부러지다 (bureojida)
• Latvian: ,
• Polish: złamać się
• Portuguese: quebrar (pt), partir (pt)
• Romanian: a (se) frânge
• Russian: ломаться (ru) (lomát’s’a) , сломаться (slomát’s’a) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: zlomiti se
• Spanish: romper (es)
• Swedish: brytas

5. of a bone, to cause to crack

• Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel), կոտրել (kotrel)
• Bulgarian: чупя (čupja)
• Danish: brække
• Dutch: breken (nl)
• Finnish: murtaa, murskata, katkaista (fi)
• French: casser (fr)
• Galician: ,
• German: brechen (de)
• Hebrew: שבר (shavár)
• Hungarian: eltör (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóta (is)
• Irish:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ひびが入る (hibi ga hairu), 折れる (oreru)
• Korean: 부러뜨리다 (bureotteurida)
• Latvian: ,
• Polish: złamać
• Portuguese: quebrar (pt), partir (pt)
• Romanian: frânge
• Russian: ломать (ru) (lomát’) , сломать (slomát’) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: zlomiti (sl)
• Spanish: romper (es)
• Swedish: bryta (sv)

6. to cause a person lose its will

• Finnish: murtaa (tahto), lannistaa, nujertaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

7. to cause an animal lose his spirit or will

• Finnish: kesyttää
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

8. to cause a habit no longer exist

• Finnish: lopettaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

9. to ruin financially

• Finnish: kaataa (fi)
• Russian: рязоря́ть (razorját'), рязори́ть (razorít')
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

10. to do that which is forbidden

• Armenian: խախտել (xaxtel)
• Bulgarian: нарушавам (narušavam)
• Danish: bryde, krænke
• Dutch: breken (nl), overtreden (nl)
• Finnish: rikkoa (fi) (lakia, sääntöjä, kieltoa, määräystä etc.)
• French: outrepasser (fr)
• German: brechen (de)
• Hebrew: הפר (hefér)
• Hungarian: megszeg (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóta (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 破る (yaburu), 犯す (okasu)
• Korean: 깨다 (kkaeda)
• Latvian:
• Persian:
• Portuguese: desrespeitar (pt), violar (pt)
• Russian: нарушать (narušát’) , нарушить (narúšit’) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: prekršiti
• Swedish: bryta (sv)
• Telugu: అతిక్రమించు (atikramiMcu), మీరు (meeru)(హద్దుమీరు)

11. gaming: to design or make a legal and powerful move

• Danish: ødelægge
• Finnish: ratkaista (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 잔꾀부리다 (jankkoe-burida)

12. to stop functioning properly or altogether

• Armenian: փչանալ (pʻčʻanal)
• Bulgarian: развалям се (razvaljam se)
• Danish: gå i stykker, gå itu
• Dutch: stukgaan, kapotgaan
• Finnish: hajota (fi), mennä rikki, (colloquial) tiltata
• French: se casser (fr)
• German: kaputtgehen
• Greek: χαλάω (chaláo)
• Hebrew: התקלקל (hitkalkél)
• Hungarian: elromlik (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóta (is)
• Irish:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: rompersi
• Japanese: 壊れる (kowareru)
• Korean: 부서지다 (buseojida)
• Latvian: ,
• Portuguese: quebrar (pt), partir (pt)
• Russian: ломаться (ru) (lomát’s’a) , сломаться (slomát’s’a) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: pokvariti se
• Swahili: kuvunjika
• Swedish: gå sönder (sv)
• Telugu: చెడిపోవు (ceDipOvu)

13. to cause to stop functioning

• Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel), կոտրել (kotrel), փչացնել (p'čac'nel)
• Bulgarian: развалям (razvaljam), разбивам (razbivam)
• Czech: pokazit
• Danish: ødelægge, smadre
• Dutch: kapotmaken, stukmaken
• Finnish: rikkoa (fi), särkeä (fi)
• French: casser (fr)
• German: kaputtmachen
• Greek: χαλάω (chaláo)
• Hebrew: שבר (shavár)
• Hungarian: elront (hu)
• Icelandic: skemma, eyðileggja (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish:
• Japanese: 壊す (kowasu), 破壊する (hakai-suru)
• Korean: 부수다 (busuda)
• Latvian: ,
• Persian:
• Portuguese: estragar (pt), partir (pt)
• Russian: ломать (ru) (lomát’) , сломать (slomát’) Template:pf.; портить (pórtit’) , испортить (ispórtit’) Template:pf.
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Slovene: pokvariti
• Swahili: kuvunja
• Swedish: ha/ta sönder

14. to cause to no longer bar

• Finnish: murtaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

15. of a wave, to collapse into a surf

• Bulgarian: разбивам се (razbivam se)
• Finnish: murtua (fi)
• Icelandic: brotna
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: romper (es)
• Swedish: bryta (sv)

16. of a spell of weather: to end

• Finnish: hellittää
• Latvian:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: cambiar (es)

17. to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily

• Bulgarian: прекъсвам (prekǎsvam)
• Danish: holde pause
• Dutch: pauzeren
• Finnish: pitää tauko, keskeyttää
• German: pausieren
• Japanese: 休憩する (kyūkei-suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 쉬다 (swida)
• Latvian:
• Portuguese: pausar
• Russian: делать перерыв (délat’ pererýv)
• Swedish: avbryta (sv), bryta (sv)

18. to interrupt a fall

• Finnish: pysäyttää
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

19. to disclose or make known an item of news etc.

• Finnish: uutisoida, kertoa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 까발리다 (kkaballida)

20. of morning, to arrive

• Bulgarian: пуквам (pukvam)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: koittaa (fi)

21. to become audible suddenly

• Finnish: kajahtaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

22. to change a steady state abruptly

• Finnish: rikkoa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

23. to suddenly become

• Finnish: muuttua (yhtäkkiä
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

24. of a voice, to alter in type

• Finnish: murtua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

25. to do better than a record

• Finnish: murtaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

26.1. to win a game as receiver in tennis

• Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam)
• Danish: bryde (da)
• Finnish: murtaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: שבירה
• Japanese: ブレークを取る (burēku-wo-toru)
• Korean: 쉬다 (swida)

26.2. billiards: to make the first shot

• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam)
• Finnish: aloittaa (fi), breikata
• Greek: σπάω (el) (spáo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ブレークする (burēku-suru)
• Korean: 쉬다 (swida)
• Swedish: spränga (sv)

27. to reduce the military rank

• Finnish: alentaa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

28. to end a connection

• Finnish: katkaista
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

29. to demulsify

• Finnish: hajota
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

30. to counter-attack

• Finnish: murtautua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Armenian: կոտրել (kotrel)
• (deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: пречупвам (prečupvam)
• (deprecated template usage) Danish: knække, knuse
• (deprecated template usage) Dutch: breken (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) French: briser (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) German: brechen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: שבר (shavár)
• (deprecated template usage) Hungarian: elkedvtelenít
• (deprecated template usage) Icelandic: brjóta niður
• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: memecah, memecahkan, merusak
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Ineseño: kʼot
• (deprecated template usage) Irish:
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 壊す (kowasu), 破壊する (hakai-suru)
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 꺾다 (kkeokkda)
• (deprecated template usage) Latin: rumpere, frangere
• (deprecated template usage) Latvian: ,
• (deprecated template usage) Portuguese: quebrar (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) Slovene: zlomiti (sl)
• (deprecated template usage) Swedish: bryta ned

Noun

break (plural breaks)

1. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.

   The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.

2. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

   The sun came out in a break in the clouds.

   He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.

3. Template:music A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

   The fiddle break was amazing, it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.

4. A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime.

   Let’s take a five-minute break.

5. A temporary split (with a romantic partner).

   I think we need a break.

6. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
   • Template:quote-news
7. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention: big break, lucky break.
8. Template:British a change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather
9. The beginning (of the morning).

   daybreak

   at the break of day

10. An act of escaping.

    make a break for it

    make a break for the door

    It was a clean break.

    prison break

11. Template:surfing A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

    The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.

12. Template:sports:
    1. Template:tennis A game won by the receiving player(s).
    2. Template:billiards The first shot in a game of billiards
    3. Template:snooker The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table
    4. Template:soccer The counter-attack
       • Template:quote-news

Usage notes

• (music): The instruments that are named are the ones that carry on playing, for example a (deprecated template usage) fiddle break implies that the fiddle is the most prominent instrument playing during the break.

Synonyms

• (instance of breaking something into two pieces): split
• (physical space that opens up in something or between two things): breach, gap, space
• (rest or pause, usually from work): time out

Derived terms

Terms derived from break (noun)

• beach break
• break point
• century break
• clean break
• daybreak

• give someone a break
• heartbreak
• jailbreak
• make a break for it

• maximum break
• point break
• take a break

Translations

instance of breaking something into two pieces

• Bulgarian: счупване n (sčupvane)
• Galician: ,
• German: Bruch (de) m
• Hebrew: שְׁבִירָה f (sh'virá)
• Latvian:
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• Manx: brishey m
• Romanian: întrerupere f, rupere f, ruptură f, fractură f
• Spanish: quebrar (es)
• Swedish: brott (sv) n

physical space that opens up in something or between two things

• Bulgarian: цепнатина f (cepnatina), пукнатина f (puknatina)
• French: espace (fr) m, ouverture (fr) f
• German: Öffnung (de) f, Spalt (de) m
• Japanese: 割れ目 (wareme), 隙間 (sukima)
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• Latvian:
• Romanian: crăpătură f, spațiu (gol) Template:n, deschidere f
• Russian: разлом (ru) (razlóm)

rest or pause, usually from work

• Bulgarian: пауза (bg) f (pauza), междучасие n (meždučasie)
• Czech: přestávka f, pauza f
• Finnish: tauko (fi)
• French: pause (fr) f
• German: Pause (de) f
• Greek: διάλειμμα (el) n (diáleimma)
• Italian: pausa f
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• Japanese: 休憩 (kyūkei)
• Latvian:
• Polish: przerwa (pl)
• Romanian: pauză f
• Russian: перерыв (ru) (p'e'rerýv)
• Slovene: odmor
• Swedish: avbrott (sv) n, rast (sv) c, paus (sv) c

in surfing

• Bulgarian: прибой m (priboj)
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in tennis

• Bulgarian: пробив m (probiv)
• German: Break n
• Japanese: ブレーク (burēku)
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• Polish: przełamanie n
• Swedish: break (sv) n

in billiards, snooker

• Bulgarian: разбиване n (razbivane)
• German: Break n
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• Japanese: ブレーク (burēku)

Statistics

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Anagrams

• baker, Baker
• brake

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /bʁɛk/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) break.

Noun

break m (plural breaks)

1. break (pause, holiday)

   C’est l’heure de faire un break.

Synonyms

• pause

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) shooting brake

Noun

break m or f (plural breaks)

1. estate car, station wagon

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Noun

break

1. break (intermission or brief suspension of activity)

Interjection

break!

1. break! (boxing)