brokenPronunciation: /ˈbrəʊk(ə)n/past participle of break1Translate broken | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of broken adjective 1having been broken:he had a broken arm (of a relationship) ended, typically through infidelity:a broken marriage 2(of a person) having given up all hope; despairing:he went to his grave a broken man 3having breaks or gaps in continuity:a broken white line across the road (of a language) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner:a young man talking in broken Italian 4having an uneven and rough surface:he pressed onwards over the broken groundDerivatives brokenly adverb brokennessPronunciation: /ˈbrəʊk(ə)nnɪs/ noun broken in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of broken in the US English dictionary
