Broken

Definition: Broken

Broken

Adjective

1. Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"; "children from broken homes"; "a broken marriage"; "a broken heart".

2. Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs".

3. Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit".

4. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts".

5. Tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in".

6. Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground".

7. Imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English".

8. Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset".

9. Weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism".

10. : destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family".

11. : out of working order; "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken' as in "the coke machine is busted").

12. : (meteorology) discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine".

13. : lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia".

Date "broken" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[=o]"k'n), adjective. [From Break, transitive verb]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Broken adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs). 2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression. Source: Jargon File.
Food & Agriculture	Term applied to wines which have undergone casse(which see), and more particularly to red table wines which have turned brown and precipitated colouring matter. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
brkn	English	Broken	Engineering & Technology
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Broken

Synonyms: broken in (adj), busted (adj), confused (adj), crushed (adj), disordered (adj), humbled (adj), humiliated (adj), impoverished (adj), low (adj), rugged (adj), unkept (adj), upset (adj), wiped out(p) (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: unbroken (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deterioration	Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless).
Discontinuity	Adjective: discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu; disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful; (irregular); spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional; Verb:, intermittent; alternate; recurrent; (periodic).
Failure	Lost, undone, ruined, broken; bankrupt; (not paying); played out; done up, done for; dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe, knocked on the head; destroyed.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Broken

English words defined with "broken": Broken ground, broken in. (references)

Specialty definitions using "broken": broken arrow, Broken Feather, Broken Music, Broken on the Wheel, broken workin ♦ Friendships Broken ♦ Golden Bowl is Broken ♦ specific extraction of rock broken, Stone of the Broken Treaty. (references)

Etymologies containing "broken": Wayed. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Let me see if I've got this: The third story on the news tonight was that someone I didn't know 13 years ago, when I wasn't President, participated in a demonstration where no laws were being broken in protest of something that so many people were against it doesn't exist anymore (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) But the world was a tomb to me, a graveyard of broken statues, and each of those statues resembled her face (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Look Hildy, I only acted like any husband that didn't want his home broken up. (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur) I am Jack's broken heart (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)
Lyrics	'Cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass (Walking On Broken Glass; performing artist: Annie Lennox) Morning has broken, like the first morning (Morning Has Broken; performing artist: Cat Stevens) And how can you mend a broken heart (How Can You Mend a Broken Heart; performing artist: The Bee Gees) With all your broken promises (Broken Promises; performing artist: Tonya Mitchell) Ok, so your heart is broken (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)
Clever	Sleeping on the job: The coffee machine is broken. (references; author: unknown) If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to. (references; author: unknown) God can mend a broken heart, but he must have all the pieces. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Broken Goddess (1973) The Broken Chain (1962) A Broken Leghorn (1959) The Broken Star (1956) Broken Arrow (1956)
Song Titles	Broken Wings (performing artist: Mr. Mister) Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand (performing artist: Primitive Radio Gods) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (performing artist: The Bee Gees) Cross My Broken Heart (performing artist: The Jets) Broken Promises (performing artist: Tonya Mitchell)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Whole or Broken Oils Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit in Sweden (reference) The 2001 Report on Crushed and Broken Stone: World Market Segmentation by City (reference) The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Crushed and Broken Stone: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Semi-Milled or Wholly Milled Rice and Broken Rice Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Semi-Milled or Wholly Milled Rice and Broken Rice Export Supplies (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Clue of the Broken Locket (Her Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) (reference) Ephesians: Wholeness for a Broken World (reference) Life Without Strife: How God Can Heal and Restore Broken Relationships (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Broken Pencil (reference) Broken Urn (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Broken Hearts Club (reference) Broken Chain (reference) Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Broken Heart Blues (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Broken Helix (reference) Broken Sword (reference) Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	(2) color slides show different types of crackers. (1) a single whole graham cracker next to a broken in half graham cracker, (1) two whole round plain crackers (Ritz crackers). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).		2 wicker baskets full of muffins sit on a blue, pink and white checkered tablecloth in a tight shot. There is a broken muffin in the foreground. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Humans become infected by swallowing water contaminated by infected animals or through skin contact, especially with mucosal surfaces, such as the eyes or nose, or with broken skin. The disease is not known to be spread from person to person. Credit: CDC.		Actinomyces spp. are Gram-positive fungus-like bacteria. Normally present in the mouth or gastrointestinal tract of man, becoming pathogenic when normal protective barriers are broken down such as when there is an injury or inflammation. Credit: CDC.
	In July 1994, 21 chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which had broken apart a year earlier, ... Credit: NASA.		Ralph Woodworth at Bamberg broken telescope instrument El Salvador - Guatemala boundary survey Astro party of Ralph W. Woodworth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Observing longitude with Bamberg broken telescope instrument Astro party of George D. Cowie. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Broken marsh in Barataria Basin just west of the levee. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Broken sea ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Looking over broken sea ice to open water. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	A big bottle or vase dropping and being broken letting its contents spill out randomly.		Broken drum being hit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Aesop	Enemies promises were made to be broken.
Benjamin Disraeli	When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt laws are broken.
Fanny Crosby	Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
Jonathan Swift	Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.
Lord Byron	The heart will break, but broken live on.
Oscar Wilde	How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?
Publilius Syrus	The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.
	Fortune is like glass -- the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Sir James M. Barrie	I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
William Shakespeare	Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	Since, moveover, for God and the amendment of our kingdom and for the better allaying of the quarrel that has arisen between us and our barons, we have granted all these concessions, desirous that they should enjoy them in complete and firm endurance forever, we give and grant to them the underwritten security, namely, that the barons choose five and twenty barons of the kingdom, whomsoever they will, who shall be bound with all their might, to observe and hold, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties we have granted and confirmed to them by this our present Charter, so that if we, or our justiciar, or our bailiffs or any one of our officers, shall in anything be at fault towards anyone, or shall have broken any one of the articles of this peace or of this security, and the offense be notified to four barons of the foresaid five and twenty, the said four barons shall repair to us (or our justiciar, if we are out of the realm) and, laying the transgression before us, petition to have that transgression redressed without delay. (reference)
John Locke	1690	In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity, which is that measure God has set to the actions of men, for their mutual security; and so he becomes dangerous to mankind, the tye, which is to secure them from injury and violence, being slighted and broken by him. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	At this stage the labourers still form an incoherent mass scattered over the whole country, and broken up by their mutual competition. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Such of these submarines, vessels and docks as are considered by the said Governments to be fit to proceed under their own power or to be towed shall be taken by the German Government into such Allied ports as have been indicated The remainder, and also those in course of construction, shall be broken up entirely by the German Government under the supervision of the said Governments. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	For them all is distorted, all is broken, even ground to pulp. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Alice in Wonderland	Carroll, Lewis	This time there were two little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The chain that bound her here was of iron links, and galling to her inmost soul, but could never be broken.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	A small portion of the northern door, broken by the French, hangs dangling from the wall
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	A fellow was coming out of the bicycle house and I fell and they got broken.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	If thou didst fear to break an oath with Him, The unity the King my husband made Thou hadst not broken, nor my brothers died
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Joad pointed to the broken glass and the rocks
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Food is broken down in your stomach and intestines. (references)
		Objects placed in the mouth can be broken and obstruct the child's airway. (references)
		Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. (references)
Business		Also, financial links between pharmacies and hospitals will be broken. (references)
		With the arrival of the Internet, the channel’s hold over pricing is being broken. (references)
		The hazardous waste management market segments can be broken down into the following segments. (references)
Children	Mozambique	The same group offered special classes to children of broken homes in local schools. (references)
	Guyana	In June one student suffered a broken collar bone and another a broken elbow as a result of flogging by their teachers, a form of corporal punishment in public schools. (references)
	Russia	The status of many children has deteriorated since the collapse of communism because of falling living standards, an increase in the number of broken homes, and domestic violence. (references)
Civil Liberties	Uzbekistan	Police occasionally have broken up meetings of unregistered groups. (references)
	China	Demonstrations with political or social themes were often broken up quickly and violently. (references)
	Nepal	Violence sometimes has broken out between camp residents and the surrounding local population. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	The government has broken up numerous federal monopolies in key areas. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	Cote d'Ivoire is broken down into five military regions, each commanded by a colonel. (references)
	Taiwan	Currently, rice imports are banned, with the exception of glutinous rice and broken rice. (references)
Human Rights	Bangladesh	The police found only one broken revolver. (references)
	Ghana	He claimed that members of the presidential guard shaved his head with a broken bottle. (references)
	Guatemala	On April 2, the offices of Casa Alianza in Guatemala City were broken into and ransacked. (references)
Minorities	Tanzania	Fighting between these groups also reportedly had broken out earlier in the year in nearby Kilosa. (references)
	Slovak Republic	On September 30, a group of approximately 50 skinheads attacked a 20-year-old Roma, Marek Balasz; he was hospitalized with a concussion and several broken fingers. (references)
	Slovak Republic	Also in March in Bratislava, a window in a Hungarian-speaking high school was broken and the slogans "Hungarians Go Home" and "Disband the SMK" were spraypainted on a statue of Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi. (references)
Political Economy	China	In some areas, authorities guided by national policy made strong efforts to control the activities of unapproved Catholic and Protestant churches; religious services were broken up and church leaders or adherents were harassed, and, at times, fined, detained, beaten, and tortured. (references)
Trade	Jamaica	Final or consumer goods are broken down into basic and non-basic goods. (references)
	Vietnam	The central bank, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) was broken up in 1988 with the State Bank assuming the enhanced regulatory role and commercial activities being shifted to other institutions. (references)
Travel	Costa Rica	It is not advisable to eat fruits with broken or bruised skins. (references)
	Senegal	It is customary to bargain the fare since most meters installed in the taxis are broken. (references)
Women	Bulgaria	After several years of activism on the part of various NGO groups, the taboo against acknowledging and talking about domestic violence and violence against women has been broken. (references)
Worker Rights	Poland	If they try to flee, their legs may be broken. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	In the RS, the sector-based branches of the union confederation have become increasingly independent, and one branch successfully has broken off from the umbrella organization. (references)
	Mauritania	Some persons continue to link themselves to former masters, because of the belief that their slave status had been ordained religiously, and due to fear of religious sanction if that bond is broken. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Why not exchange those boxing gloves with bags of broken glass.
Nancy Grace	I look up to them. Because they took a horrible thing that could have broken a normal person, and they turned it into something wonderful. And they do good.
Rush Limbaugh	Glossing over the fact that I don't send faxes, notice that the Democratic embargo against mentioning my name has been broken.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	To place any dependance upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	We are told of a certain Vedius Pollio, who, in the presence of Augustus, would have given a slave as food to his fish, for having broken a glass.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	If we act together as I hope we can, I believe we can continue our economic expansion which has already broken all past records.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	His dream for peace after World War I was shattered on the hard realities of great power politics and Woodrow Wilson died a broken man.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Speaker, you know, I know, and the American people know the federal budget system is broken.
George Bush	1989-1993	There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	You know, sports records are made and, sooner or later, they're broken.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	After generations of deceitful dictators and broken treaties and squandered lives, we dedicated ourselves to standards of human dignity shared by all, and to a system of security defended by all.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Broken" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 66.36% of the time. "Broken" is used about 6,730 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)	66.36%	4,466	2,191
Adjective (general or positive)	33.64%	2,264	3,905
Total	100.00%	6,730	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "broken".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Chenaanah	N/A	Biblical	Broken in pieces
Hittite	N/A	Biblical	One who is broken
Ish-pan	N/A	Biblical	Broken in two
Jahath	N/A	Biblical	Broken in pieces
Maachathi	N/A	Biblical	Broken
Pasach	N/A	Biblical	Thy broken piece
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "broken": a broken man ♦ a broken reed ♦ be broken ♦ being broken ♦ being broken down ♦ broken accents ♦ broken arch ♦ broken arrow ♦ broken back ♦ broken Bow ♦ Broken breast ♦ broken cloud ♦ broken clouds ♦ broken corner ♦ broken down ♦ broken engagement ♦ broken english ♦ broken french ♦ broken german ♦ broken glass ♦ Broken ground ♦ broken health ♦ broken heart ♦ broken hearted ♦ broken home ♦ broken ice ♦ broken in ♦ broken into pieces ♦ broken language ♦ broken line ♦ broken man ♦ broken meat ♦ broken mirror ♦ broken money ♦ broken number ♦ broken numbers ♦ broken off ♦ broken piece ♦ broken portuguese ♦ broken promise ♦ broken reed ♦ broken sentences ♦ broken sleep ♦ broken spirit ♦ broken stones ♦ broken stripe ♦ broken through ♦ broken to pieces ♦ broken voice ♦ broken water ♦ Broken weather ♦ broken wind ♦ broken wing ♦ broken words ♦ heart broken ♦ in a broken voice ♦ it is broken ♦ lean on a broken reed ♦ reset a broken bone ♦ speak broken language ♦ this is broken ♦ trust to a broken reed. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "broken": broken-back, broken-backed, broken-backed hogged, Broken-bellied, broken-chord, broken-down, broken-down old car, broken-field, broken-glass-topped, broken-heart, Broken-hearted, broken-in, broken-kneed, broken-leg, broken-masted, broken-mirror, broken-nailed, broken-nose, broken-nosed, broken-off, broken-ring network, broken-spined, broken-spoked, broken-stemmed, broken-stripe, broken-toothed, broken-up, Broken-winded, broken-windowed, broken-wing.
	Ending with "broken": heart-broken.
	Containing "broken": tarmac-and-broken-glass.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "broken"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		stukkend (damaged, out, out of order). (various references)

Albanian		i thyer (aged, bent, cloven, decrepit, exhausted, montane, old, rough, rugged, split, uneven), i shkatërruar (bombed out, desolate, ramshackle, smitten, tumble down, uncreated, unstuck), i rënë (down, fallen, peaky), i prishur (addle, addled, annulled, corrupt, decayed, depraved, disconcerted, flyblown, godforsaken, haywire, high, perverted, putrid, rancid, rot, rotten, sour, spoilt, tainted, turned, unsound), i dërrmuar (careworn, dispirited, frazzle, haggard, woebegone, woeful, woesome). (various references)

Arabic		‏مكسور (cracked), ‏منسحق, ‏موهن (stale), ‏محطم (crusher, demolished, destroyed, in pieces, ruined), ‏متقطع (casual, choppy, cut off, disconnected, discontinuous, fitful, fretful, intermission, intermittent, interrupted, irregular, occasional, remittent, spasmodic, sporadic, torn apart, uneven), ‏معطل (inoperative, out of order, suspended), ‏مصدع, ‏مشقوق (cleft, cracked, rent, split, splitting, torn), ‏هشيم (chaff, straw), ‏وعر (bumpy, hairy, impassable, irregular, jolty, lumpy, malaise, mountainous, precipitous, ragged, rough, rugged, sharp, steep, tight). (various references)

Bulgarian		разорен (broke), разбит (broke, crushed), грохнал (senile), неспокоен (anxious, apprehensive, nervous, nervy, raucous, restive, restless, sleepless, spooky, uneasy, unrestful, unsound, worried, yeasty), начупен (waved), повален (felled, prostrate, thrown down). (various references)

Catalan		trencat. (various references)

Chinese		破 (damaged, to break, to split, worn out), 折 (rising sun, sunshine, tenth, to break, to fold, to turn), 打破 (breaking). (various references)

Czech		zlomený (gappy), rozbitý (bloody, broken down, bumpy, bust, haywire, out of action, smashed), porušený, porouchaný (out of action), přetržený, přerušovaný (discontinuous), příè.min. od break, nerovný (inequitable, odd, one sided, ragged, rough, rugged, unequal, uneven), chatrný (coarse, delicate, frail, jerry built, paltry, poorly, shoddy, unsound, weak). (various references)

Danish		brudt. (various references)

Dutch		kapot (damaged, out of order), gebroken, stuk (act, article, beautiful woman, beauty, brick, certificate, damaged, diploma, document, fragment, lump, out of order, paper, part, Parthian, piece, piece of music, play, share, theatre play), defect (broken down, damage, damaged, out of order). (various references)

Esperanto		rompita, rompiĝinta, difektita (damaged), difektiĝinta (broken down), difekta (out of order). (various references)

Finnish		sortunut, rikkinäinen (checked), rikki (in pieces, sulfur, sulphur, worn out, worn through), poikkinainen, murtunut (fractured, shattered), katkonainen (disconnected, fragmentary, incoherent), hapettunut (oxidized), halkinainen (cleft, cracked), haalistunut (discoloured, faded). (various references)

French		cassé (broke). (various references)

German		gebrochen (bleeding, brokenly, crushed, fractional, fractured, refracted, ruptured), zerbrochen (broke), kaputt (broken down, bust, crook, done in, haywire, kaput, knackered, ruined, shattered, whacked), geknickt (crestfallen, dejected, glum, upset). (various references)

Greek		σπασμένοσ (ruptured), σπασμένος (fractured), παθητική μετοχή του break, χαλασμένος (out of order), θολωμένος (blurred, clouded, dim). (various references)

Hebrew		מנופץ (shattered), שבור, פרוך (crushed, crushing), רצוץ (breaking, crushed, crushing, dejected, depressed, exhausted, oppressed, oppression), נדכה (depressed). (various references)

Hungarian		törött (on the fritz). (various references)

Indonesian		pecah (flaw, spring), patah (break), gompal (torn down), getap (easily shicked, quick tempered), cepol (break off, damaged). (various references)

Irish		briste, bhriste. (various references)

Italian		rotto (bust, fractionally, fractured, heartbroken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		途切れ途切れ (disconnected, intermittent), ブレーク信号 (blade, blazer, blazer coat, blend, blended whiskey, bleomycin, blow, bracelet, braid, brain, brain trust, brainstorming, bread, break, break signal, breast, breast stroke, breaststroke, breath, brochure, broken English, broken heart, broker, brooch). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ブロークン , とぎれとぎれ (disconnected, intermittent). (various references)

Korean		끊어지는. (various references)

Manx		tholtanagh (broken down, crumbling, crumbling of house, delapidated, falling, ramshackle, ruin, tumble-down), lhoobit neose (broken down), brisht sheese (broken down), brishlagh (breakable, brittle, crisp, easily broken, fragile, frangible), brishey chree (broken-heartedness), breck-emshir (broken weather), boghlane (bank, broken down hedge), ass ymmyd (broken down, disused, extinct, obsolete). (various references)

Norwegian		steinsprut (broken stones, chippings, road-metal, rubble, stone-chippings). (various references)

Pig Latin		okenbray.(various references)

Portuguese		quebrado (broke, out of order). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		queimado, quebrado, quebrada. (various references)

Romanian		frânt (beaten, dead beat, jaded, knackered, outworn), întretãiat (crossed), accidental (accidental, accidentally, adventitious, arbitrary, casual, casually, chance, contingent, fortuitous, fortuitously, hurt, incidental, occasional, precarious, random, stray), accidentat (billowy, bumpy, casualty, hilly, injured, odd, rough, rugged, troubled, uneven, wounded), cãlcat în picioare, ciocnit (split), crãpat (chopped, choppy, cleft, cracked, crazy, rimose, shaky, split, splitting), dãrâmat, întrerupt (dead), dogit (cracked, hoarse, hollow), stricat (addle, bad, broken down, carrion, close, corrupt, corrupted, dead, decayed, defaced, depraved, deteriorated, dilapidated, disabled, diseased, dissolute, foul, fusty, graceless, immoral, injured, loose, meretricious, niffy, out of order, perverse, polluted, rakehelly, rotten, spoilt, stuffy, tainted, vicious, vitiated), instabil (catching, easy, groggy, ticklish, unstable), neliniştit (agitated, anxious, anxiously, concerned, disquiet, fidgety, restive, restless, sorrowful, troubled, uneasily, uneasy, unquiet, unquietly, upset, worried), neregulat (disorderly, erratic, fitful, irregular, irregularly, odd, patchy, ragged, rugged, scraggy, snatchy, unequal, uneven), nerespectat, participiu trecut de la break, sfãrâmat, spart (breaking, harsh, hoarse), distrus (destroyed, dilapidated, undone). (various references)

Russian		разбитый (beaten, smitten), разбивать разбитый, ломаный, прерывистый (discontinuous), изломанный. (various references)

Scottish		sgealb (a splinter, a splinter or broken fragment, va. split or dash into pieces or fragments). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bez novca (penniless, pinched), slomljen (parted), polomljen, isprekidan (abrupt, desultory, discontinuous). (various references)

Spanish		roto (broken down, dead, discarded, disrupted, hole, insolvent, lost, ragged, torn), estropeado (blown, broken down, crumpled, damaged, haywire, ruined, shop-soiled, shopworn, spoiled, spoilt, torn), quebrado (bankrupt, broken through, cracked, fractionally, fractured, heartbroken, insolvent, lost, rough, uneven), entrecortado (abrupt, faltering, labored, laboured). (various references)

Swedish		trasig (kaput, out of order, ragged, tattered, torn), söndrig, bruten (de-energised, fractional, fractionary), avbruten (aborted, cancelled, discontinuous, intermittent). (various references)

Turkish		bozuk (addle, bad, broken down, bum, damaged, dead, deranged, dirty, disappointed, dished, disordered, distorted, doric, embroiled, faulty, flyblown, foul, gone, hard set, haywire, heavy, hipshot, imperfect, in bad order, irregular, kaput, knackered, off, on the fritz, out of action, out of commission, out of gear, out of order, perverse, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrid, rancid, rotten, stale, touched, unsound, upset, vicious, wrong). (various references)

Turkmen		opmak, яyrtyk (ripped, torn), harap (depraved, spoiled), dцwьk. (various references)

Ukrainian		розорений (broke, gone, ruined), розбитий (broken down), нестійкий (astatic, catching, chancy, dicky, drunk, erratic, groggy, infirm, labile, non-persistent, non-resistant, quaky, sliding, staggering, tickle, top heavy, unbalanced, unfixed, unsettled, unsteady, wambly, yielding), нескладний (cumbersome, fool-proof, lob, off-key, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, primitive), нерівний (anomalous, banky, drunken, humpy, inconstant, inequable, irregular, ragged, rough, rugged, splashy, stair-step, tremulant, tremulous, unequal, uneven, unsteady), зажурений (crestfallen), ламаний, підірваний (cracked, exploded, fired), порушений (disturbed, interrupted). (various references)

Vietnamese		hỏng (addle, broken-down, depraved, unsuccessful, vicious), ốm yếu (broken-down, infirm, queerish, unhealthy, weakly), đau lòng (broken-hearted, heart-rending, heartsore), đau khổ (broken-hearted, distressful, forlorn, heart-broken, pained, suffering). (various references)

Welsh		briw (bruised, sore, wound), twn, trwch (unfortunate, wicked), drylliog (contrite). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	klastos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abruptissimas, comminuta, comminutus, concisus, confracta, confractae, confracti, confractis, confracto, confractos, confractum, confractus, dimidia, dimidiae, dimidiam, dimidiaque, dimidii, dimidiique, dimidio, dimidium, fractus, infractus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 51
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai idou to katapetasma tou naou escisqh eiV duo apo anwqen ewV katw kai h gh eseisqh kai ai petrai escisqhsan
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ecce velum templi scissum est in duas partes a summo usque deorsum et terra mota est et petrae scissae sunt
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ænd þær-rihte þas temples wah-rihtwarð to-stliton (sic) on twegen dæles. framufewearden oððe niþewearden. & syo eorðebefode. & stanes to-burston;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And lo! the veil of the temple was to-rent in twey parties, fro the hiest to the lowest. And the erthe schoke, and stoonus weren cloue; and birielis weren openyd,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd rent
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom: and the earth shook, and the rocks rent;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 51
Cebuano	Ug tan-awa, ang tabil sa templo nagilis sa duha ka bahin, gikan sa taas ngadto sa ubos, ug ang yuta mikurog, ug ang mga pangpang nangasip-ak;
Croatian	I gle, zavjesa se hramska razdrije odozgor dodolje, nadvoje; zemlja se potrese, peæine se raspukoše,
Danish	Og se, Forhænget i Templet splittedes i to Stykker, fra øverst til nederst; og Jorden skjalv, og Klipperne revnede,
Dutch	En ziet, het voorhangsel des tempels scheurde in tweeen, van boven tot beneden; en de aarde beefde, en de steenrotsen scheurden.
Finnish	Ja katso, temppelin esirippu repesi kahtia ylhäältä alas asti, ja maa järisi, ja kalliot halkesivat,
French	Et voici, le voile du temple se déchira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu`en bas, la terre trembla, les rochers se fendirent,
German	Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei Stücke von obenan bis untenaus.
Hungarian	És ímé a templom kárpítja fölétõl aljáig ketté hasada; és a föld megindula, és a kõsziklák megrepedezének;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Gorden yang tergantung di dalam Rumah Tuhan sobek menjadi dua dari atas sampai ke bawah. Bumi bergetar dan gunung-gunung batu terbelah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka sekonyong-konyong tirai di dalam Bait Allah cariklah terbelah dua, dari atas sampai ke bawah; dan bumi pun gempa; dan batu-batu gunung terbelah-belah.
Latvian	Un, lûk, svçtnîcas priekðkars pârplîsa divâs daïâs no augðas lîdz apakðai, un zeme trîcçja, un klintis plîsa,
Manx Gaelic	As cur-my-ner, va'n coodaghey va eddyr, y chiamble as yn ynnyd casherick raipit veih-my-cheilley, veih'n vullagh gys y laare; as ren y thalloo craa, as ny creggyn scoltey.
Maori	Na ka wahia te arai o te whare tapu i waenganui pu, mai i runga a ki raro: ka ru te whenua, pakaru ana nga kamaka;
Norwegian	Og se, forhenget i templet revnet i to stykker fra øverst til nederst, og jorden skalv, og klippene revnet,
Portuguese	E eis que o véu do santuário se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo; a terra tremeu, as pedras se fenderam,
Rumanian	Wi kndatq perdeaua dinlquntrul Templului s`a rupt kn douq, de sus pknq jos, pqmkntul s`a cutremurat, stkncile s`au despicat,
Shuar	Nu chichamaik Yusa Uunt Jee tarach ajamu yakiiniya achik nunkaani tseu jaanakmiayi. Nunkasha úurkamiayi. Kayasha jakukarmiayi.
Swahili	Hapo pazia la Hekalu likapasuka vipande viwili, toka juu mpaka chini; nchi ikatetemeka; miamba ikapasuka;
Swedish	Och se, då rämnade förlåten i templet i två stycken, uppifrån och ända ned, och jorden skalv, och klipporna rämnade,
Uma	Nto'u toe, kain porini-olo' to tetoe hi rala Tomi Alata'ala muu-mule' mobika' ntongo' ngkai lolo-na rata hi une' -na. Ria wo'o linu, pai' watu bohe paheka' -heka'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "broken": brokenhearted, brokenly, brokenness, brokennesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "broken": halterbroken, heartbroken, housebroken, unbroken. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Broken" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barrochen, bartokian, Bokun, borken, Borkenau, braken, branken, brekand, breken, brekken, Brixen, Brkne, broce, brocken, broden, broek, Brogne, Broka, Brokaj, broked, Brokensha, Brokes, brooke, brookei, brookend, Brookey, brufen, bruken, bruofen, oborknez, Rokkan, Rokon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "broken" (pronounced brō"kun)
6	b r ō" k u n	unbroken.
4	-ō" k u n	misspoken, outspoken, spoken, token, unspoken, woken.
3	-k u n	falcon, awaken, bacon, beacon, beckon, blacken, bracken, chicken, darken, deacon, drunken, forsaken, gascon, harken, heartbroken, housebroken, interleukin, lichen, liken, Macon, mistaken, overtaken, Pekin, pelican, Pipkin, pumpkin, quicken, reawaken, reckon, republican, retaken, second, shaken, shrunken, sicken, silicon, slacken, stricken, sunken, taken, thicken, undertaken, unshaken, waken, weaken, zircon.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-k-n-o-r"
	-1 letter: boner, borne, broke, krone.
	-2 letters: bone, bonk, bore, born, bren, ebon, keno, kerb, kern, knob, kore, robe.
	-3 letters: ben, bro, eon, ern, ken, kob, kor, neb, nob, nor, obe, oke, one, orb, ore, reb, rob, roe.
	-4 letters: be, bo, en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-k-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: bonkers, unbroke.
	+2 letters: beckoner, brokenly, knobbier, skyborne, unbroken.
	+3 letters: beckoners, breakdown, brokering, knobblier, rebooking, workbench.
	+4 letters: bankrolled, bankroller, bookbinder, breakdowns, breakfront, brokenness, brokerings, cornerback, knobkerrie, overbaking, pawnbroker, prebooking, ribbonlike, subnetwork, unworkable.
	+5 letters: aerobraking, bankrollers, bookbinders, bookbindery, breakfronts, cabinetwork, cinderblock, cornerbacks, debarkation, embarkation, heartbroken, housebroken, keyboarding, knobkerries, overbooking, pawnbrokers, rainbowlike, strikebound, subnetworks, unworkables, workbenches.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
broken heart	647	broken bow lake	101
broken leg	565	broken blood vessel	100
broken arrow oklahoma	389	broken wrist	92
broken bones	354	broken bow	86
broken bow oklahoma	297	broken wings	85
broken lizard	293	broken finger	83
broken arm	290	broken capillary	76
broken toe	266	broken spoke	75
broken sword	251	morning has broken	71
broken	234	broken hip	68
broken ankle	225	broken bow nebraska	67
broken heart poem	214	broken heart picture	63
broken arrow	199	arrow broken public school	62
broken rib	197	broken lyrics vow	59
broken vow	194	broken collar bone	56
broken heart quote	190	heal a broken heart	56
broken scene social	180	broken hymen	55
broken nose	173	boulevard of broken dream	50
broken foot	155	broken tooth	50
broken hearts	128	broken neck	47
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


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