Breakers — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

waves breaking on the shore

a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈælə/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈeɪkəz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈeɪkəz/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈælə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

breaker ledgeman surf circuit breaker

Word Forms

surf	verb	ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
break	verb	curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unterbrecher

Wellen brechen am Ufer

🇫🇷French

disjoncteurs

vagues se brisant sur le rivage

🇪🇸Spanish

interruptores

olas rompiendo en la orilla

🇮🇹Italian

interruttori

onde che si infrangono sulla riva

🇳🇱Dutch

brekers

golven breken op de kust

🇵🇹Portuguese

disjuntores

ondas quebrando na costa

🇷🇺Russian

выключатели

волны разбиваются о берег

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ब्रेकरों

किनारे पर लहरें टूट रही हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্রেকার্স

তীরে ভেঙ্গে পড়ছে ঢেউ

🇮🇳Tamil

உடைப்பவர்கள்

கரையில் அலைகள் உடைகின்றன

🇮🇳Telugu

బ్రేకర్లు

ఒడ్డున ఎగసిపడుతున్న అలలు

🇮🇳Marathi

तोडणारे

किनाऱ्यावर लाटा उसळतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

બ્રેકર્સ

કિનારે તૂટતા મોજા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒಡೆಯುವವರು

ದಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುರಿಯುವ ಅಲೆಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബ്രേക്കറുകൾ

കരയിൽ തിരമാലകൾ പൊട്ടിത്തെറിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤੋੜਨ ਵਾਲੇ

ਲਹਿਰਾਂ ਕੰਢੇ 'ਤੇ ਟੁੱਟ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

توڑنے والے

ساحل پر لہریں ٹوٹ رہی ہیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

断路器

海浪拍打着海岸

🇯🇵Japanese

ブレーカー

海岸に砕ける波

🇰🇷Korean

차단기

해안에 부서지는 파도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

máy cắt

sóng vỗ vào bờ

🇹🇭Thai

เบรกเกอร์

คลื่นซัดเข้าฝั่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemutus

ombak pecah di tepi pantai

🇵🇭Filipino

mga breaker

humahampas ang mga alon sa dalampasigan

🇲🇾Malay

pemutus

ombak memecah pantai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قواطع

الأمواج تتكسر على الشاطئ

🇮🇷Persian

شکن ها

امواجی که در ساحل می شکنند

🇹🇷Turkish

kırıcılar

dalgalar kıyıya vuruyor

🇮🇱Hebrew

מפסקים

גלים נשברים על החוף

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