English Explanatory Dictionary

broken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of break
adj
  1. Fragmented; in separate pieces.
  2. Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
  3. Split or ruptured.
  4. Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  5. Interrupted; not continuous.
  6. Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
  7. Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
  8. Breached; violated; not kept.
  9. Non-functional; not functioning properly.
  10. Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
  11. Badly designed or implemented.
  12. Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
name
  1. Torres Strait Creole.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/ brōk'ən /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/ /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/ en-us-broken.ogg En-au-Broken.ogg

Word forms

broken more broken most broken

Etymology

From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke + -n.

Synonyms

banjaxed broken bum busted fractured ruptured burst split intermittent spasmodic fitful ragged catchy discontinuous intermissive patchy stop-start violated borked malfunctioning bad broken-down bung cactused crocked dead Donald Ducked down duff faulty flaky FUBAR fucked fuckered up inoperative janky jiggered kaput knackered munted nonfunctional nonoperational offline off one's feed on the blink on the fritz out out of commission out of gas out of kilter out of order out of service out of sorts out of whack screwed up stuffed tits up toes up tore up unfunctional

Antonyms

intact

Related words

damaged leaking out of order piece drunk

Derived words

a broken clock is right twice a day breach break broke broken arrow broken-backed broken bar broken bird broken bones Broken Bow broken breast broken Britain broken by design broken chord broken clock is right twice a day broken clouds broken consort Broken Dam broken diagonal broken down broken English broken field brokenhanded broken-handed Broken Head broken heart brokenhearted broken-hearted broken heart syndrome broken-heart syndrome Broken Hill broken home broken in brokenly broken man broken-mouthed brokenness broken number broken pipe broken plural broken power law broken record broken reed broken rhyme broken skin broken sleep broken source broken tail broken telephone broken time broken vertical bar broken vessel broken wind broken-winded broken window broken windows broken windows policing broken windows theory broken window theory broket

Translations

Afrikaans: gebreek Arabic: مَكْسُور Arabic: مَكسور Armenian: կոտրված Armenian: ջարդված Armenian: փչացած Armenian: անսարք Aromanian: aruptu Aromanian: frãmtu Bulgarian: счупен Bulgarian: разбит Bulgarian: повреден Catalan: trencat Catalan: espatllat Catalan: avariat Cebuano: guba Cherokee: ᎤᏲᏨᎢ Chinese Mandarin: 破碎 Chinese Mandarin: 打破的 Chinese Mandarin: 壞 /坏 Cornish: brew Danish: brækket Danish: knust Danish: defekt Dutch: gebroken Dutch: geknakt Dutch: defect Dutch: kapot Esperanto: disrompita Esperanto: difektita Esperanto: rompita Faroese: brotin Finnish: särkynyt Finnish: rikkinäinen Finnish: rikki Finnish: epäkunnossa Finnish: sökö Finnish: risa Finnish: särki Finnish: prakannut Finnish: mäsä Finnish: paskana Finnish: tuusan nuuskana French: cassé French: brisé French: rompu French: niqué French: pété Friulian: rot Galician: crebado Galician: quebrado Georgian: გატეხილი Georgian: გაფუჭებული German: zerbrochen German: zersplittert German: kaputt German: defekt Greek: σπασμένος Greek: χαλασμένος Hebrew: שבור Hungarian: törött Hungarian: elromlott Hungarian: tönkrement Hungarian: meghibásodott Ingrian: rikkinäin Ingrian: poikkinain Irish: briste Italian: rotto Japanese: 壊れた Japanese: 割れた Japanese: 故障した Khmer: បែក Korean: 부서진 Korean: 깨진 Kyrgyz: сынган Kyrgyz: талкаланган Kyrgyz: бузулган Kyrgyz: иштебеген Kyrgyz: жараланган Kyrgyz: жарылган Kyrgyz: шалдыраган Kyrgyz: чарчаган Kyrgyz: алсыз Kyrgyz: жеңилген Kyrgyz: бузук Latin: ruptus Latin: frāctus Limburgish: kepót Macedonian: скршен Malay: pecah Malay: rosak Māori: pakaru Māori: whati Māori: whakatorouka Māori: mawera Māori: potapota Marathi: तुटलेले Marathi: तुटलेला Marathi: तुटलेली Marathi: खंडित Marathi: मोडलेले Marathi: मोडलेला Marathi: मोडलेली Marathi: बिघडलेले Marathi: बिघडलेला Marathi: बिघडलेली Old English: brocen Polish: połamany Polish: powyłamywany Polish: stłuczony Polish: potłuczony Polish: zepsuty Portuguese: quebrado Portuguese: estragado Romagnol: rót
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