brisé

American  

[bree-zay, bree-zay] / 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

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Etymology

Origin of brisé

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

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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

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

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

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