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briser
briser
French
Etymology
From Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Frankish *bristjan, *bristan (“to break to pieces, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst, rupture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, rupture”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”), Old Norse bresta (“to break, burst”). More at burst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.ze/
Verb
briser
Derived terms
- briser son cœur
Conjugation
Conjugation of briser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | briser | avoir brisé | |||||
| gerund | en brisant | en ayant brisé | |||||
| present participle | brisant /bʁi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | brisé /bʁi.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | brisai /bʁi.ze/ |
brisas /bʁi.za/ |
brisa /bʁi.za/ |
brisâmes /bʁi.zam/ |
brisâtes /bʁi.zat/ |
brisèrent /bʁi.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | briserai /bʁiz.ʁe/ |
briseras /bʁiz.ʁa/ |
brisera /bʁiz.ʁa/ |
briserons /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
briserez /bʁiz.ʁe/ |
briseront /bʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserais /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserait /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
briserions /bʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
briseriez /bʁi.zə.ʁje/ |
briseraient /bʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | brise /bʁiz/ |
brises /bʁiz/ |
brise /bʁiz/ |
brisions /bʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
brisiez /bʁi.zje/ |
brisent /bʁiz/ |
| imperfect1 |
brisasse /bʁi.zas/ |
brisasses /bʁi.zas/ |
brisât /bʁi.za/ |
brisassions /bʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
brisassiez /bʁi.za.sje/ |
brisassent /bʁi.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | brise /bʁiz/ |
— | brisons /bʁi.zɔ̃/ |
brisez /bʁi.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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 | — | ||