briser
French, verb/bʁi.ze/
briser is spelled B-R-I-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briser is a French verb meaning “to break; snap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rompre ; casser en plusieurs morceaux”.
What does briser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break; snap
Est-ce que c'est vraiment une promesse si tu sais que tu vas la briser ?
- 2
to become broken; snap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rompre ; casser en plusieurs morceaux. 2. Interrompre brusquement ; casser l’essor, la lancée. 3. Délivrer ; rompre une domination. 4. Anéantir ; abattre moralement.
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 briser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- brisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- brisé participle past
- brise first-person indicative present
- brises indicative present second-person
- brisons first-person indicative plural
- brisez indicative plural present
- brisent indicative plural present
- brisais first-person imperfect indicative
- brisait imperfect indicative singular
- brisions first-person imperfect indicative
- brisiez imperfect indicative plural
- brisaient imperfect indicative plural
- brisai first-person historic indicative
- brisas historic indicative past
- brisa historic indicative past
- brisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce briser?
- /bʁi.ze/
- \bʁi.ze\
- [bʁi.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to briser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is briser in French?
briser 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).