brisé

American  

[bree-zey, bree-zey] / briˈzeɪ, briˈzeɪ /

noun

brisés plural

1. a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• brisés
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brisé

1780–90; < French: literally, broken, past participle of briser to break; see brisance

Example Sentences

Can a muralist and product designer infographic his way into telling a compelling love story, from coup de foudre to coeur brisé?

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

A new generation had arisen, and one of its leaders, with cruel wit, transferred to the reputation of the author his own most famous line:—"N'y touchez pas, il est brisé."

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund

Thus Hamlet addresses the ghost: Mais oh dis moi, pourquoi tes ossemens par chance Déposés dans la tombe, out brisé leurs liens, Pour te jeter ici comme une langue aux chiens.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various

But the pathetic image of a forlorn and orphaned childhood, "un nid que la foudre a brisé," which it calls up, and the tone of brotherly affection, linger in one's memory.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Orpheline, c'est là le nom dont tu t'appelles,   Oiseau né dans un nid que la foudre a brisé;   De la couvée, hélas! seuls, trois petits, sans ailes   Furent lancés au vent, loin du reste écrasé.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.