briser
Danish
Noun
briser c
- indefinite plural of brise
French
Etymology
From Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Late Latin brisāre. Of unknown further origin. Possibly from Transalpine Gaulish; compare Old Irish brisid. Or from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan (“to break, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”); compare English burst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.ze/
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Verb
briser
- (transitive) to break; snap
- Est-ce que c'est vraiment une promesse si tu sais que tu vas la briser ?
- Is it really a promise if you know you’re going to break it?
- (reflexive, se briser) to become broken; snap
Conjugation
Conjugation of briser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | briser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brisant /bʁi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brisé /bʁi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | brise /bʁiz/ | brises /bʁiz/ | brise /bʁiz/ | brisons /bʁi.zɔ̃/ | brisez /bʁi.ze/ | brisent /bʁiz/ |
| imperfect | brisais /bʁi.zɛ/ | brisais /bʁi.zɛ/ | brisait /bʁi.zɛ/ | brisions /bʁi.zjɔ̃/ | brisiez /bʁi.zje/ | brisaient /bʁi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brisai /bʁi.ze/ | brisas /bʁi.za/ | brisa /bʁi.za/ | brisâmes /bʁi.zam/ | brisâtes /bʁi.zat/ | brisèrent /bʁi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | briserai /bʁiz.ʁe/ | briseras /bʁiz.ʁa/ | brisera /bʁiz.ʁa/ | briserons /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ | briserez /bʁiz.ʁe/ | briseront /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | briserait /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | briserions /bʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | briseriez /bʁi.zə.ʁje/ | briseraient /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | brise /bʁiz/ | brises /bʁiz/ | brise /bʁiz/ | brisions /bʁi.zjɔ̃/ | brisiez /bʁi.zje/ | brisent /bʁiz/ |
| imperfect2 | brisasse /bʁi.zas/ | brisasses /bʁi.zas/ | brisât /bʁi.za/ | brisassions /bʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ | brisassiez /bʁi.za.sje/ | brisassent /bʁi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brise /bʁiz/ | — | brisons /bʁi.zɔ̃/ | brisez /bʁi.ze/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se briser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se briser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se brisant /sə bʁi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brisé /bʁi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me brise /mə bʁiz/ | te brises /tə bʁiz/ | se brise /sə bʁiz/ | nous brisons /nu bʁi.zɔ̃/ | vous brisez /vu bʁi.ze/ | se brisent /sə bʁiz/ |
| imperfect | me brisais /mə bʁi.zɛ/ | te brisais /tə bʁi.zɛ/ | se brisait /sə bʁi.zɛ/ | nous brisions /nu bʁi.zjɔ̃/ | vous brisiez /vu bʁi.zje/ | se brisaient /sə bʁi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me brisai /mə bʁi.ze/ | te brisas /tə bʁi.za/ | se brisa /sə bʁi.za/ | nous brisâmes /nu bʁi.zam/ | vous brisâtes /vu bʁi.zat/ | se brisèrent /sə bʁi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | me briserai /mə bʁiz.ʁe/ | te briseras /tə bʁiz.ʁa/ | se brisera /sə bʁiz.ʁa/ | nous briserons /nu bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ | vous briserez /vu bʁiz.ʁe/ | se briseront /sə bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me briserais /mə bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | te briserais /tə bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | se briserait /sə bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | nous briserions /nu bʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous briseriez /vu bʁi.zə.ʁje/ | se briseraient /sə bʁiz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me brise /mə bʁiz/ | te brises /tə bʁiz/ | se brise /sə bʁiz/ | nous brisions /nu bʁi.zjɔ̃/ | vous brisiez /vu bʁi.zje/ | se brisent /sə bʁiz/ |
| imperfect2 | me brisasse /mə bʁi.zas/ | te brisasses /tə bʁi.zas/ | se brisât /sə bʁi.za/ | nous brisassions /nu bʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ | vous brisassiez /vu bʁi.za.sje/ | se brisassent /sə bʁi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brise-toi /bʁiz.twa/ | — | brisons-nous /bʁi.zɔ̃.nu/ | brisez-vous /bʁi.ze.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- briser la glace
- briser le cœur
- briser les couilles
- cœur brisé
- les briser menues
- pâte brisée
- pluriel brisé
- syndrome du cœur brisé
- tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se brise
Further reading
- “briser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
briser m
- indefinite plural of bris
Old French
Verb
briser
- Alternative form of brisier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of briser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | briser | avoir brisé | |||||
| gerund | en brisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | brisant | ||||||
| past participle | brisé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | bris | brises | brise | brisons | brisez | brisent |
| imperfect | brisoie, briseie, brisoe, briseve | brisoies, briseies, brisoes, briseves | brisoit, briseit, brisot, briseve | brisiiens, brisiens | brisiiez, brisiez | brisoient, briseient, brisoent, brisevent | |
| preterite | brisai | brisas | brisa | brisames | brisastes | briserent | |
| future | briserai | briseras | brisera | briserons | briseroiz, brisereiz, briserez | briseront | |
| conditional | briseroie, brisereie | briseroies, brisereies | briseroit, brisereit | briseriiens, briseriens | briseriiez, briseriez | briseroient, brisereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | bris | bris | brist | brisons | brisez | brisent |
| imperfect | brisasse | brisasses | brisast | brisissons, brisissiens | brisissoiz, brisissez, brisissiez | brisassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | brise | — | brisons | brisez | — | ||
Synonyms
- quasser
- rumpre
Swedish
Noun
briser
- indefinite plural of bris.