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break

/ˈbɾeik/

noun, masculine/ˈbɾeik/plural: breaks

estate car, station wagon

Borrowed from French break, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from earlier break de chasse, from English shooting brake.

noun, masculine/ˈbɾeik/plural: breaks

break (pause); break; clipping of breakdance

Borrowed from English break. The sense "breakdancing" is a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English breakdancing.