brouillés

Brouillés is the plural masculine form of the past participle of the French verb brouiller. It functions as an adjective or, in compound tenses, as part of a verb phrase. The term appears in several senses, depending on context, and shares a common core around mixing, blurring, or conflicting.

Etymology and usage notes: Brouiller originally means to mix or fuse substances, and to confuse or distort. The past participle brouillés is used to describe things that have been mixed, blurred, or disturbed, and it can describe people who are quarrelling or estranged, depending on the surrounding words.

Culinary use: In cooking, brouillés is most familiar from œufs brouillés, meaning scrambled eggs. The technique involves gentle, continuous stirring during cooking to produce soft, creamy curds rather than a solid mass. The term can also describe other ingredients that are cooked while being stirred to blend textures.

Technical and perceptual uses: In media and imaging, a scene or image can be described as brouillée or brouillés when it is blurred or distorted, reducing clarity. In sound or signal contexts, a signal can be brouillé if it is disrupted or muddled, degrading quality.

Interpersonal and social sense: Brouillés can describe relationships or agreements that have become strained or broken, as in two parties being brouillés. The phrase conveys a state of discord or quarrel that affects ongoing interactions.

See also: brouiller, the verb; brouille, a related noun meaning a quarrel or dispute in some usages; brouillage, the act or result of blurring or confusion.