briser
Danish
Noun
briser c
French
Etymology
From Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Frankish *bristijan, *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
Verb
briser
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | briser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | brisant /bʁi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | brisé /bʁi.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | brise /bʁiz/ |
brises /bʁiz/ |
brise /bʁiz/ |
brisons /bʁi.zɔ̃/ |
brisez /bʁi.ze/ |
brisent /bʁiz/ |
imperfect | brisais /bʁi.zɛ/ |
brisais /bʁi.zɛ/ |
brisait /bʁi.zɛ/ |
brisions /bʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
brisiez /bʁi.zje/ |
brisaient /bʁi.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | brisai /bʁi.ze/ |
brisas /bʁi.za/ |
brisa /bʁi.za/ |
brisâmes /bʁi.zam/ |
brisâtes /bʁi.zat/ |
brisèrent /bʁi.zɛʁ/ | |
future | briserai /bʁiz.ʁe/ |
briseras /bʁiz.ʁa/ |
brisera /bʁiz.ʁa/ |
briserons /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
briserez /bʁiz.ʁe/ |
briseront /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserait /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserions /bʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
briseriez /bʁi.zə.ʁje/ |
briseraient /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | brise /bʁiz/ |
brises /bʁiz/ |
brise /bʁiz/ |
brisions /bʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
brisiez /bʁi.zje/ |
brisent /bʁiz/ |
imperfect2 | brisasse /bʁi.zas/ |
brisasses /bʁi.zas/ |
brisât /bʁi.za/ |
brisassions /bʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
brisassiez /bʁi.za.sje/ |
brisassent /bʁi.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | brise /bʁiz/ |
— | brisons /bʁi.zɔ̃/ |
brisez /bʁi.ze/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “briser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
briser m
- indefinite plural of bris
Old French
Verb
briser
- Alternative form of brisier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | briser | avoir brisé | |||||
gerund | en brisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | brisant | ||||||
past participle | brisé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | bris | brises | brise | brisons | brisez | brisent |
imperfect | brisoie, briseie, brisoe, briseve | brisoies, briseies, brisoes, briseves | brisoit, briseit, brisot, briseve | brisiiens, brisiens | brisiiez, brisiez | brisoient, briseient, brisoent, brisevent | |
preterite | brisai | brisas | brisa | brisames | brisastes | briserent | |
future | briserai | briseras | brisera | briserons | briseroiz, brisereiz, briserez | briseront | |
conditional | briseroie, brisereie | briseroies, brisereies | briseroit, brisereit | briseriiens, briseriens | briseriiez, briseriez | briseroient, brisereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | bris | bris | brist | brisons | brisez | brisent |
imperfect | brisasse | brisasses | brisast | brisissons, brisissiens | brisissoiz, brisissez, brisissiez | brisassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | brise | — | brisons | brisez | — |
Synonyms
Swedish
Noun
briser
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