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

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.

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

Qu’importe à ces hommes mes frères Le coeur brisé d’un malheureux?

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

One hears much in the critical writings of that period, of the mot propre, the vers libre, and the rime brisé.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)