breaking Meaning

verb

Casser, rompre

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Examples :

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Si le vase tombe par terre, il pourrait se casser.

verb

Diviser, fractionner

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Examples :

"Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?"

Pouvez-vous me diviser un billet de cent dollars ?

business finance

verb

Décourager, briser le moral

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Examples :

"The constant criticism from her teachers was breaking her spirit. "

Les critiques constantes de ses professeurs brisaient son moral.

mind emotion character person

verb

S'effondrer, être accablé par le chagrin

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mon cœur se brise.

emotion suffering mind

verb

Interrompre, briser, rompre

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Examples :

"The loud music was breaking my concentration while I tried to study. "

La musique forte interrompait ma concentration pendant que j'essayais d'étudier.

action process

verb

Ruiner, faire faillite

To ruin financially.

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La récession a ruiné certaines petites entreprises.

business finance economy

verb

Violer, enfreindre

To violate, to not adhere to.

Examples :

"He broke his vows by cheating on his wife."

Il a violé ses vœux en trompant sa femme.

law moral action

verb

Céder, baisser

(of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Examples :

""The doctor said the fever was breaking, so we knew my son was finally getting better." "

Le médecin a dit que la fièvre baissait, alors nous savions que mon fils allait enfin mieux.

medicine disease physiology

verb

Cesser, prendre fin

(of a spell of settled weather) To end.

Examples :

"The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek."

Les prévisions indiquent que la chaleur cessera d'ici le milieu de la semaine.

weather

verb

Commencer, éclater

(of a storm) To begin; to end.

Examples :

"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."

Vers midi, la tempête a éclaté et l'après-midi a été calme et ensoleillé.

weather nature

verb

Se lever, poindre

(of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

Le matin s'est levé.

time nature

verb

Casser, exploiter

To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Examples :

"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."

Changer les règles pour permettre aux blancs d'avoir trois reines supplémentaires casserait les échecs.

game computing entertainment action technical

verb

Casser, arrêter

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Examples :

"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"

Avez-vous cassé le chariot en faisant la course avec lui ?

function machine technology device

verb

Briser, franchir

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Examples :

"break a seal"

Briser un sceau

action

verb

Casser, rompre, percer

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Examples :

"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."

La cavalerie n'a pas réussi à percer les carrés britanniques.

action physics

verb

Déferler

(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Examples :

"The wave was breaking close to the shore, sending white foam onto the sand. "

La vague déferlait près du rivage, projetant de l'écume blanche sur le sable.

ocean nautical nature weather

verb

Éclater, percer

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the schoolyard. "

Le soleil a percé les nuages, illuminant la cour de l'école.

action process appearance event

verb

Interrompre, faire une pause

To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Examples :

"The construction workers are breaking for lunch now. "

Les ouvriers du bâtiment font maintenant une pause déjeuner.

work job business action

verb

Intercepter, amortir

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Examples :

"He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall."

Il a survécu au saut par la fenêtre parce que les buissons en dessous ont amorti sa chute.

action physics

verb

Révéler, annoncer

To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

Examples :

"The news anchor is breaking the story about the car accident. "

Le présentateur annonce l'histoire de l'accident de voiture.

media communication

verb

Retentir, éclater

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Examples :

"The silence in the library was broken by a child's laughter suddenly breaking through. "

Le silence dans la bibliothèque fut rompu par le rire d'un enfant qui éclata soudainement.

sound phonetics

verb

Rompre, briser

To change a steady state abruptly.

Examples :

"His coughing broke the silence."

Sa toux a rompu le silence.

action process

verb

Devenir soudainement

To suddenly become.

Examples :

"The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly."

L'arrestation était standard, quand soudain le suspect est devenu agressif.

action process event

verb

Muer

Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Examples :

""Michael's voice is breaking, so it sounds a little funny sometimes." "

La voix de Michael mue, donc elle sonne parfois un peu bizarre.

physiology body age

verb

Casser, faiblir

Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Examples :

"His voice breaks when he gets emotional."

Sa voix se casse quand il est ému.

sound physiology human body emotion

verb

Battre, dépasser

To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Examples :

"The runner broke the school record in the 100-meter dash. "

Le coureur a battu le record scolaire au 100 mètres.

achievement sport number

verb

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Examples :

"Definition: : (as a verb) interrupting the flow or continuity of something Sentence: The loud music was breaking my concentration while I was trying to study. "

action process

verb

Rétrograder, dégrader

(most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

Examples :

"After the scandal, the officer was broken to the rank of private. "

Après le scandale, l'officier a été rétrogradé au grade de soldat.

military government

verb

Rompre, cesser

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Examples :

"She is breaking the internet connection to focus on her homework. "

Elle coupe la connexion internet pour se concentrer sur ses devoirs.

action process

verb

Séparer, décomposer

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Examples :

"The homemade salad dressing started breaking, separating into oil and vinegar. "

La vinaigrette maison a commencé à se séparer, se divisant en huile et vinaigre.

chemistry process

verb

Contre-attaquer

To counter-attack

Examples :

"After blocking his opponent's punch, the boxer was breaking with a swift jab of his own. "

Après avoir bloqué le coup de poing de son adversaire, le boxeur contre-attaqua avec un jab rapide.

military action war

verb

Révéler, divulguer, dévoiler

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Examples :

"She was breaking the news of her engagement to her family at dinner. "

Elle révélait la nouvelle de ses fiançailles à sa famille pendant le dîner.

communication language

verb

S'affaiblir, décliner

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Examples :

"After years of hard labor in the factory, his body was breaking under the strain. "

Après des années de dur labeur à l'usine, son corps s'affaiblissait sous la pression.

medicine physiology body condition

verb

Faire faillite, être en faillite

To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Examples :

"After years of struggling, the small bakery was finally breaking under the weight of its debts. "

Après des années de difficultés, la petite boulangerie a finalement fait faillite sous le poids de ses dettes.

business economy finance

verb

Briser, rompre

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Examples :

"to break flax"

Briser le lin.

action condition

verb

Destituer, renvoyer

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Examples :

"The company was breaking the contract with the supplier due to consistent quality issues. "

L'entreprise destituait le contrat avec le fournisseur en raison de problèmes de qualité constants.

government military law job

verb

Rompre, interrompre, changer l'allure

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Examples :

"to break into a run or gallop"

se mettre à courir ou à galoper

action sport

verb

Rompre, cesser une amitié

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Examples :

"After arguing about the project, Maria and Sarah were breaking, and they stopped talking to each other. "

Après s'être disputées au sujet du projet, Maria et Sarah ont rompu leur amitié et ont cessé de se parler.

family human character society emotion

verb

Interrompre, arrêter

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Examples :

"The teacher was breaking the simulation because it was running too slowly and giving inaccurate results. "

Le professeur interrompait la simulation car elle fonctionnait trop lentement et donnait des résultats inexacts.

computing technology

verb

Interrompre, suspendre

To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Examples :

"The programmer broke the execution of the game to investigate why the character wasn't moving. "

Le programmeur a interrompu l'exécution du jeu pour enquêter sur la raison pour laquelle le personnage ne bougeait pas.

computing technology technical internet electronics

noun

Rupture, cassure

The act by which something is broken.

Examples :

"The breaking of the vase made a loud noise and scattered shards of glass everywhere. "

La rupture du vase a fait un bruit fort et a dispersé des éclats de verre partout.

action process event

noun

Diphtongaison

A change of a vowel to a diphthong

Examples :

"The linguistic study of Old English reveals fascinating examples of vowel breaking, where a single vowel sound shifted into a combination of two vowel sounds over time. "

L'étude linguistique du vieil anglais révèle des exemples fascinants de diphtongaison, où un son vocalique unique s'est transformé en une combinaison de deux sons vocaliques au fil du temps.

language grammar phonetics linguistics

noun

Ornementation, brisure

A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones

Examples :

"The pianist's interpretation of the melody included generous breaking, transforming the slow chords into a flurry of rapid notes. "

L'interprétation de la mélodie par le pianiste comprenait une ornementation généreuse, transformant les accords lents en une rafale de notes rapides.

music

noun

Breakdance, breakdancing

Breakdancing

Examples :

"The school talent show featured an impressive display of breaking. "

Le spectacle de talents de l'école présentait une démonstration impressionnante de breakdance.

dance sport entertainment culture

Meanings

Casser, rompre

Examples :

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Si le vase tombe par terre, il pourrait se casser.

Diviser, fractionner

Examples :

"Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?"

Pouvez-vous me diviser un billet de cent dollars ?

Décourager, briser le moral

Examples :

"The constant criticism from her teachers was breaking her spirit. "

Les critiques constantes de ses professeurs brisaient son moral.

S'effondrer, être accablé par le chagrin

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mon cœur se brise.

Interrompre, briser, rompre

Examples :

"The loud music was breaking my concentration while I tried to study. "

La musique forte interrompait ma concentration pendant que j'essayais d'étudier.

Ruiner, faire faillite

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La récession a ruiné certaines petites entreprises.

Violer, enfreindre

Examples :

"He broke his vows by cheating on his wife."

Il a violé ses vœux en trompant sa femme.

Céder, baisser

Examples :

""The doctor said the fever was breaking, so we knew my son was finally getting better." "

Le médecin a dit que la fièvre baissait, alors nous savions que mon fils allait enfin mieux.

Cesser, prendre fin

Examples :

"The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek."

Les prévisions indiquent que la chaleur cessera d'ici le milieu de la semaine.

Commencer, éclater

Examples :

"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."

Vers midi, la tempête a éclaté et l'après-midi a été calme et ensoleillé.

Se lever, poindre

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

Le matin s'est levé.

Casser, exploiter

Examples :

"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."

Changer les règles pour permettre aux blancs d'avoir trois reines supplémentaires casserait les échecs.

Casser, arrêter

Examples :

"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"

Avez-vous cassé le chariot en faisant la course avec lui ?

Briser, franchir

Examples :

"break a seal"

Briser un sceau

Casser, rompre, percer

Examples :

"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."

La cavalerie n'a pas réussi à percer les carrés britanniques.

Déferler

Examples :

"The wave was breaking close to the shore, sending white foam onto the sand. "

La vague déferlait près du rivage, projetant de l'écume blanche sur le sable.

Éclater, percer

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the schoolyard. "

Le soleil a percé les nuages, illuminant la cour de l'école.

Interrompre, faire une pause

Examples :

"The construction workers are breaking for lunch now. "

Les ouvriers du bâtiment font maintenant une pause déjeuner.

Intercepter, amortir

Examples :

"He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall."

Il a survécu au saut par la fenêtre parce que les buissons en dessous ont amorti sa chute.

Révéler, annoncer

Examples :

"The news anchor is breaking the story about the car accident. "