brise
French, noun
brise is spelled B-R-I-S-E (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,439th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brise is a French feminine noun meaning “breeze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of briser. With an accent, brisé is a different word: “broken”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent doux, léger”.
What does brise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreeze
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
broken
verb
- 1
past participle of briser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vent doux, léger. 2. Vent doux et irrégulier qui se fait sentir sur les bords de la mer. 3. Tout vent qui souffle sans violence. 4. Poutre en bascule.
adjective: 1. Qui présente une solution de continuité. 2. Qui est cassé, qui est rompu. 3. Qualifie une ligne faite d'un ensemble de lignes droites qui forment une suite d’angles. 4. Qualifie un comble qui est disposé pour y aménager plusieurs logements.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brise
- brises plural
- brisée feminine
- brisés masculine plural
- brisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brise in French?
brise appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).