brisant

English

Etymology

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Adjective

brisant (not comparable)

1. (of an explosion or explosive) Having a shattering effect.
   • 1893, Charles E. Munroe, Notes on the Literature of Explosives, No. XXIII: Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 18, page 123:

     The use of gun-cotton proper (trinitrocellulose) could not be thought of, owing to the brisant action of this body, but it was found that collodion-wool (dinitrocellulose, soluble gun-cotton), which was less brisant, could be converted into a nearly homogeneous mass which satisfied many of the requirements of a smoke-free powder, but it was still so brisant when used alone as to produce too high gas pressures and too irregular initial velocities.

   • 1959, Mitchel H. Bertram, William V. Feller, Memorandum 5-24-59L: A Simple Method for Determining Heat Transfer, Skin Friction, and Boundary-Layer Thickness for Hypersonic Laminar Boundary-Layer Flows in a Pressure Gradient, NASA, 5,

     At the start of the run a shattering or "brisant" detonation occurred in the line between the oxidant control valve (number 5, fig. 2(a)) and the oxidant tank. […] The propellant tank showed evidence of high internal pressure but no brisant detonation.

   • 1962, NAVWEPS OP [Ordnance Pamphlet] 2212: Demolition Materials, Bureau of Naval Weapons, pages 6–12:

     Two charges should be used: a cratering charge, and a small charge of a brisant explosive.

   • 2016, Materials Analysis in Forensic Science‎^[1]:

     It is highly brisant with a VoD of 7300 ms-1 at a charge density of approximately 1.5 g cm-3.

Translations

that has a shattering effect

Anagrams

• Briants

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briˈzɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bri‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

brisant (comparative brisanter, superlative brisantst)

1. fast, snappy, explosive

Declension

Declension of brisant
uninflected	brisant
inflected	brisante
comparative	brisanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		brisant	brisanter	het brisantst het brisantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	brisante	brisantere	brisantste
	n. sing.	brisant	brisanter	brisantste
	plural	brisante	brisantere	brisantste
definite		brisante	brisantere	brisantste
partitive		brisants	brisanters	—

Derived terms

• brisantbom
• brisantgranaat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.zɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Participle

brisant

1. present participle of briser

Descendants

• → English: brisance
• → German: brisant
• → German: Brisanz

Noun

brisant m (plural brisants)

1. reef
2. breaker (wave)

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁiˈzant/
• Rhymes: -ant

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

brisant (strong nominative masculine singular brisanter, comparative brisanter, superlative am brisantesten)

1. controversial
2. volatile
3. (figuratively) explosive

Declension

Positive forms of brisant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist brisant	sie ist brisant	es ist brisant	sie sind brisant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	brisanter	brisante	brisantes	brisante
	genitive	brisanten	brisanter	brisanten	brisanter
	dative	brisantem	brisanter	brisantem	brisanten
	accusative	brisanten	brisante	brisantes	brisante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der brisante	die brisante	das brisante	die brisanten
	genitive	des brisanten	der brisanten	des brisanten	der brisanten
	dative	dem brisanten	der brisanten	dem brisanten	den brisanten
	accusative	den brisanten	die brisante	das brisante	die brisanten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein brisanter	eine brisante	ein brisantes	(keine) brisanten
	genitive	eines brisanten	einer brisanten	eines brisanten	(keiner) brisanten
	dative	einem brisanten	einer brisanten	einem brisanten	(keinen) brisanten
	accusative	einen brisanten	eine brisante	ein brisantes	(keine) brisanten

Comparative forms of brisant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist brisanter	sie ist brisanter	es ist brisanter	sie sind brisanter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	brisanterer	brisantere	brisanteres	brisantere
	genitive	brisanteren	brisanterer	brisanteren	brisanterer
	dative	brisanterem	brisanterer	brisanterem	brisanteren
	accusative	brisanteren	brisantere	brisanteres	brisantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der brisantere	die brisantere	das brisantere	die brisanteren
	genitive	des brisanteren	der brisanteren	des brisanteren	der brisanteren
	dative	dem brisanteren	der brisanteren	dem brisanteren	den brisanteren
	accusative	den brisanteren	die brisantere	das brisantere	die brisanteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein brisanterer	eine brisantere	ein brisanteres	(keine) brisanteren
	genitive	eines brisanteren	einer brisanteren	eines brisanteren	(keiner) brisanteren
	dative	einem brisanteren	einer brisanteren	einem brisanteren	(keinen) brisanteren
	accusative	einen brisanteren	eine brisantere	ein brisanteres	(keine) brisanteren

Superlative forms of brisant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am brisantesten	sie ist am brisantesten	es ist am brisantesten	sie sind am brisantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	brisantester	brisanteste	brisantestes	brisanteste
	genitive	brisantesten	brisantester	brisantesten	brisantester
	dative	brisantestem	brisantester	brisantestem	brisantesten
	accusative	brisantesten	brisanteste	brisantestes	brisanteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der brisanteste	die brisanteste	das brisanteste	die brisantesten
	genitive	des brisantesten	der brisantesten	des brisantesten	der brisantesten
	dative	dem brisantesten	der brisantesten	dem brisantesten	den brisantesten
	accusative	den brisantesten	die brisanteste	das brisanteste	die brisantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein brisantester	eine brisanteste	ein brisantestes	(keine) brisantesten
	genitive	eines brisantesten	einer brisantesten	eines brisantesten	(keiner) brisantesten
	dative	einem brisantesten	einer brisantesten	einem brisantesten	(keinen) brisantesten
	accusative	einen brisantesten	eine brisanteste	ein brisantestes	(keine) brisantesten

Descendants

• → Swedish: brisant

Further reading

• “brisant” in Duden online
• “brisant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Adjective

brisant (not (comparable))

1. highly explosive

Declension

Inflection of brisant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	brisant	—	—
neuter singular	brisant	—	—
plural	brisanta	—	—
masculine plural2	brisante	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	brisante	—	—
all	brisanta	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• brisad
• brisans
• brisera

References

• brisant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brisant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brisant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)