broken-hearted in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for broken-hearted in the English»French Dictionary

broken-hearted [Brit ˌbrəʊk(ə)nˈhɑːtɪd, Am ˌbroʊkənˈhɑrdəd] ADJ

broken-hearted person:

broken-hearted

au cœur brisé

to be broken-hearted

avoir le cœur brisé

Translations for broken-hearted in the French»English Dictionary

I.brisé (brisée) [bʀize] VB pp

brisé → briser

II.brisé (brisée) [bʀize] ADJ

1. brisé (fracturé):

brisé (brisée)

broken

2. brisé fig:

brisé (brisée) personne

broken

brisé (brisée) élan

broken

brisé (brisée) rêve, espoir

shattered

avoir le cœur brisé

to be broken-hearted

il est brisé par le chagrin

he's broken-hearted

un vieil homme brisé par la vie

a broken old man

dit-elle, la voix brisée par l'émotion

she said, her voice breaking with emotion

3. brisé HERALD:

brisé (brisée) chevron

broken

III.brisé N m

brisé m (en danse classique):

brisé

brisé

IV.brisées N fpl

brisées fpl HUNT:

brisées

broken branches (to mark the track of an animal)

aller ou marcher sur les brisées de qn fig

to poach on sb's territory ou preserve

suivre les brisées de qn fig

to follow in sb's footsteps

See also briser

I.briser [bʀize] VB trans

1. briser (rompre):

briser objet, jambe

to break

2. briser (interrompre):

briser rythme, volonté, élan

to break

briser tentative, attaque, ascension, inflation

to stop

briser résistance

to break down

briser révolte

to crush

briser travailleur: grève

to break

briser police: grève

to stop

3. briser (mettre fin à):

briser silence, monopole, accord, isolement

to break

briser tabou

to break down

briser influence

to bring [sth] to an end

briser rêve, idylle

to shatter

4. briser (détruire):

briser pays, organisation, structure

to destroy

briser personne

to break

briser carrière

to wreck

briser image

to shatter

cette épreuve a brisé sa vie/ses espoirs

this experience has wrecked his/her life/his/her hopes

l'émotion lui brisait la voix

his/her voice was breaking with emotion

5. briser (épuiser):

briser personne

to shatter

II.se briser VB refl

1. se briser (se rompre):

se briser vitre, os:

to break

se briser vague:

to break (sur, contre against)

mes arguments se sont brisés contre son entêtement fig

my arguments were useless in the face of his stubbornness

2. se briser (s'interrompre):

se briser élan:

to break

se briser rêve:

to be shattered

3. se briser (s'altérer):

se briser voix:

to break

quand il en parle, sa voix se brise

when he talks about it, his voice breaks

son cœur se brise devant tant de pauvreté

all this poverty is breaking his/her heart

III.briser [bʀize]

il nous les brise sl

he's bugging us sl

broken-hearted in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for broken-hearted in the English»French Dictionary

broken-hearted ADJ

to be broken-hearted

avoir le cœur brisé

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Her dog is then pulled on the neck by the leash when she staggers away broken-hearted.

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But once more he was left broken-hearted when she ended their relationship.

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Aya is coming back home, but she is broken-hearted and feels hard and uncomfortable with her friends.

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She is irreplaceable and we are broken-hearted.

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Left a widow at 28, with four children, the broken-hearted baroness took a vow of chastity.

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More that their loyalty and dedication has so often left them broken-hearted that they can't be blamed for approaching a full-blown crisis of faith.

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She was due to be married one day during the 1930s, but her fianc didn't show, leaving the bride-to-be embarrassed and broken-hearted.

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Crazy, her seventh record, is an often gloomy assortment of broken-hearted love songs ideal for consuming on some lonely, overcast fall day.

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Four months ago, she came home, broken-hearted after a split with her boyfriend.

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Both died disappointed and broken-hearted.

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