briser

Danish

Noun

briser c

1. plural indefinite of brise

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French

Etymology

From Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Frankish *bristjan, *bristan (“to break to pieces, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst, rupture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrest- (“to separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, rupture”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”), Old Norse bresta (“to break, burst”). More at burst.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bʁi.ze/

Verb

briser

1. (transitive) To break, to snap
2. (reflexive, se briser) To become broken, to snap

Derived terms

• briser son cœur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of briser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		briser			avoir brisé
gerund		en brisant			en ayant brisé
present participle		brisant
past participle		brisé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	brise	brises	brise	brisons	brisez	brisent
	imperfect	brisais	brisais	brisait	brisions	brisiez	brisaient
	past historic1	brisai	brisas	brisa	brisâmes	brisâtes	brisèrent
	future	briserai	briseras	brisera	briserons	briserez	briseront
	conditional	briserais	briserais	briserait	briserions	briseriez	briseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	brise	brises	brise	brisions	brisiez	brisent
	imperfect1	brisasse	brisasses	brisât	brisassions	brisassiez	brisassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	brise	—	brisons	brisez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

briser

1. to break (to damage significantly)

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of briser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		briser			avoir brisé, brisez
gerund		en brisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		brisant
past participle		brisé, brisez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	brise	brises	brise	brisons	brisez, brisés	brisent
	imperfect	brisoe, briseie, brisoie	brisoes, briseies, brisoies	brisot, briseit, brisoit	brisions, brisiions	brisiez, brisiiez	brisoent, brisient, brisoient
	past historic	brisa	brisas	brisa	brisames	brisastes	briserent
	future	briserai	briseras	brisera	briserons	briserez, brisereiz	briseront
	conditional	briseroe, brisereie, briseroie	briseroes, brisereied, briseroied	briserot, brisereie, briseroie	briserions, briseriions	briseriez, briseriiez	briseroent, brisereient, briseroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	brise	brises	brise	brisons	brisez	brisent
	imperfect	brisasse	brisasses	brisast	brisissons	brisissez, brisissiez	brisassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	brise	—	brisons	brisez	—

Synonyms

• quasser
• rumpre

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Swedish

Noun

briser

1. indefinite plural of bris