Etymology

Inherited from Old CatalanCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan#ROMPRECategory:Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan#ROMPRE rompre, from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#ROMPRECategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ROMPRE rumpō, rumpere (“to break”). Cognate with Occitan rompre, Spanish romper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrom.pɾə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ROMPRE
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrom.pɾe]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ROMPRE

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Verb

rompre (first-person singular present rompo, first-person singular preterite rompí, past participle romput)Category:Catalan lemmas#ROMPRECategory:Catalan verbs#ROMPRECategory:Catalan second conjugation verbs#ROMPRECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRE

1. to break

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rompre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#ROMPRECategory:French terms derived from Middle French#ROMPRE rompre, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#ROMPRECategory:French terms derived from Old French#ROMPRE rompre, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#ROMPRECategory:French terms derived from Latin#ROMPRE rumpō, rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃pʁ/Category:French 1-syllable words#ROMPRECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ROMPRE

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Verb

rompreCategory:French lemmas#ROMPRECategory:French verbs#ROMPRECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRE

1. (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#ROMPRE, reflexiveCategory:French reflexive verbs#ROMPRE) to break, to snap

   Synonyms: briser, casser

   rompre un traité ― to break a treatyCategory:French terms with collocations#ROMPRE

   La branche s'est rompue. ― The branch snapped.Category:French terms with usage examples#ROMPRE

   • 1928, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Dans la mer du Groenland:

     Le bateau raidissant sa chaîne cassa ses bosses ; le frein du guindeau se rompit ; il fallu mouiller le seconde ancre pour pouvoir le réparer.

     The boat, stiffening its chain, broke its painters; the windlass break broke; the second anchor had to be dropped in order to repair it.

     Category:French terms with quotations#ROMPRE

   • 1929, Louis Dumur, Nach Paris:

     Nous y entrâmes par un pont de pierre en dos d’âne, dont une seule arche avait été rompue, et que nos pontonniers, qui avaient déjà jeté les madriers suffisants pour le passage de l’infanterie, s’occupaient activement à consolider […]

     We entered by a humpbacked stone bridge, of which only one arch had been broken, and which our pontooners, who had already thrown enough madriers for the infantry to pass, actively worked to consolidate […]

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2. (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#ROMPRE) to stop, to block, to interrupt

   Synonym: interrompre

   rompre le cours de l’eau ― to stop the course of the waterCategory:French terms with collocations#ROMPRE

3. (intransitiveCategory:French intransitive verbs#ROMPRE) to break up (with someone)

   rompre en douceur ― to break up nicelyCategory:French terms with collocations#ROMPRE

   rompre avec une fille ― to break up with a girlCategory:French terms with collocations#ROMPRE

   • 2014, Antoine Bello, Roman américain, éditions Gallimard:

     Je venais de rompre avec ma petite amie (ou, plus exactement, elle venait de rompre avec moi), j’ai eu envie de changer d’air.

     I had just broken up with my girlfriend (or, more exactly, she had just broken up with me), I wanted to get a change of air.

     Category:French terms with quotations#ROMPRE

4. (intransitiveCategory:French intransitive verbs#ROMPRE) to break

Further reading

• “rompre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#ROMPRECategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#ROMPRE rompre.

Verb

rompreCategory:Middle French lemmas#ROMPRECategory:Middle French verbs#ROMPRECategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRE

1. to break

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Norman terms inherited from Old French#ROMPRECategory:Norman terms derived from Old French#ROMPRE rompre, from LatinCategory:Norman terms inherited from Latin#ROMPRECategory:Norman terms derived from Latin#ROMPRE rumpō, rumpere (“break”).

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Verb

rompreCategory:Norman lemmas#ROMPRECategory:Norman verbs#ROMPRECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRE

1. (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#ROMPRE) to break
   • 2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 24:

     la mort d'la chorchiéthe avait rompu san chorchéthon.

     the death of the sorceress had broken her spell.

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Etymology

From LatinCategory:Occitan terms inherited from Latin#ROMPRECategory:Occitan terms derived from Latin#ROMPRE rumpere. Cognate with French rompre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁum.pʁe], [ˈrum.pɾe]Category:Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation#ROMPRE

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Verb

rompreCategory:Occitan lemmas#ROMPRECategory:Occitan verbs#ROMPRECategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRECategory:Occitan third group verbs#ROMPRE

1. to break

Alternative forms

• ronpre
• rumpre

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#ROMPRECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#ROMPRE rumpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrumpɾə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#ROMPRE

Verb

rompreCategory:Old French lemmas#ROMPRECategory:Old French verbs#ROMPRECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ROMPRECategory:Pages with entries#ROMPRECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ROMPRE

1. to break (damage significantly)

   Synonyms: brisier, quasser