brisement
French, noun/bʁiz.mɑ̃/
brisement is spelled B-R-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brisement is a French masculine noun meaning “breaking up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de briser, de mettre en pièces”.
What does brisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreaking up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de briser, de mettre en pièces. 2. Flots qui se brisent par suite d’un choc violent contre un rocher, une digue, une côte, etc.
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 brisement
- brisements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brisement?
- /bʁiz.mɑ̃/
- \bʁiz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brisement in French?
brisement appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).