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broken adjective

  /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/ , /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/ , /ˈbɹəʊ.kən/
  • Non-functional; not functioning properly.
 cassé, brisé, rompu, niqué, pété
  • (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
  • Fragmented; in separate pieces.
  • (of a, promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
  • (colloquial, US, of a, situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
 brisé, cassé, rompu
  • (sports, and, gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
 approximatif, petit-nègre
  • (of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
 cassé, fracturé
  • (of an, electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
 coupé
  • (of a, person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
 brisé
  • (software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
 buggé
  • (of a, line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
 discontinu, traitillé
  • Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
 fauché
  • (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
 fragmenté
rules are made to be broken
les règles sont faites pour être transgressées
broken plural
pluriel brisé, pluriel interne
my car has broken down
ma voiture est en panne, mon auto est en panne
broken heart
cœur blessé, cœur brisé
broken-down
H.S., en panne, hors-service
broken down
effondré
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse
broken rice
brisure de riz
wild hearts can’t be broken
à cœur vaillant rien d’impossible
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