No. 8,847 in French
brisée
"Brisée" means "broken" or "shattered" in English.
In a sentence
La fenêtre était brisée après la tempête.
The window was broken after the storm.
Here, "brisée" is used in a descriptive context to indicate that the window is broken, functioning as the past participle of the verb "briser".
Elle pleurait, brisée par la nouvelle.
She was crying, broken by the news.
In this sentence, "brisée" describes the emotional state of someone affected by the news, metaphorically broken emotionally.
Le chemin brisé par les racines était difficile à parcourir.
The path broken by the roots was hard to traverse.
"Brisée" here is used to describe a path that has been physically disrupted by roots.
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