fracture
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See also fracturé
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French, from Latin fractura (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrag-, from whence also English break. See fraction.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈfɹæk.tʃɘ/
Noun [edit]
fracture (plural fractures)
- the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
- (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
Derived terms [edit]
- compound fracture
- fracture mechanics
- greenstick fracture
- hairline fracture
- incomplete fracture
- Jones fracture
- simple fracture
- Smith's fracture
- stress fracture
- tracheal fracture
- vowel fracture
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
act of breaking, or something broken
(geology) fault
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Verb [edit]
fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)
- to break, or cause something to break
Translations [edit]
External links [edit]
- fracture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fracture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin fractūra.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
fracture f (plural fractures)
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
fractūre
- vocative masculine singular of fractūrus
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
fracture (infinitive fracturar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fracturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Geology
- English verbs
- English ergative verbs
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Latin participle forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
