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

Noun Inflected Forms

• brisés
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brisé

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

Example Sentences

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brisé

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

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 Mrs. Humphry Ward

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 Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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 Edmund Gosse