le bris

shards, fragments, breakage, breaking

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noun · masculine Rare #52,270
shards, fragments Often used in the phrase bris de verre, meaning broken glass or pieces of broken glass.
FR: Il y a des bris de verre sur le sol.
EN: There are shards of glass on the floor.
breakage, breaking Often refers to something being broken or damaged.
FR: Le bris du câble a blessé un ouvrier.
EN: The breaking of the cable injured a worker.

Tout était recouvert de bris de verre.

Everything was covered in broken glass.

— Oh Boy (2012)

Bris de verre Elle soupire.

Broken glass. She sighs.

— Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

Le contremaître a été blessé par le bris d'un câble.

The foreman was injured when a cable broke.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Bris de verre.

Broken glass.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

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