fragment

See also Fragment

English

Wikipedia

A fragment [1] of a vessel

A fragment [1] of an ancient writing

Etymology

From French, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere, present active infinitive of frangō (“I break”). See also fraction.

Noun

fragment (plural fragments)

1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
2. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

Related terms

• fragmental

Translations

portion or segment of an object

Armenian: կտոր (hy) (ktor) Croatian: fràgment (hr) m., ùlomak (hr) m., òdlomak (hr) m. Dutch: fragment (nl) Finnish: sirpale (fi), osanen (fi) French: fragment (fr) m. German: Fragment (de) n. Hebrew: פרור (he) (peiroor) m. Hungarian: töredék (hu), darab (hu)

Italian: frammento (it) m. Japanese: 断片 (ja) (danpen); 破片 (ja) (hahen) (especially a broken part) Romanian: bucată (ro), fragment (ro) Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag (gd) f.,criomag (gd) f.,mìr (gd) m. Spanish: fragmento (es) Swedish: fragment (sv) Turkish: parça (tr), bölüm (tr), kısım (tr), fragman (tr), kırıntı (tr)

grammar: a sentence

German: Satzfragment (de) n.

Japanese: 断片 (ja) (danpen)

Verb

fragment (third-person singular simple present fragments, present participle fragmenting, simple past and past participle fragmented)

1. (intransitive) To break apart.
2. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.

Derived terms

• fragmentation

Translations

to break apart

Catalan: fragmentar (ca) Croatian: fragmentírati (hr) Dutch: fragmenteren (nl) Finnish: rikkoutua (fi), sirpaloitua (fi), hajota palasiksi

French: fragmenter (fr) German: fragmentieren (de) Romanian: fragmenta (ro) Spanish: fragmentar (es)

to cause to be broken into pieces

Catalan: fragmentar (ca) Croatian: fragmentírati (hr) Dutch: fragmenteren (nl) Finnish: murtaa (fi)

French: fragmenter (fr) German: fragmentieren (de) Italian: frammentare (it) Romanian: fragmenta (ro)

External links

• fragment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fragment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Etymology

Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere (“to break”).

Noun

fragment m. (plural fragments)

1. a fragment

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French

Etymology

Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /fRag.mA~/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Homophone: fragments
• Hyphenation: frag‧ment

Noun

fragment m. (plural fragments)

1. fragment

Derived terms

• fragmenter

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfraɡmɛnt/

• audio

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Noun

fragment m.

1. fragment

Declension

    declension of fragment

	singular	plural
nominative	fragment	fragmenty
genitive	fragmentu	fragmentów
dative	fragmentowi	fragmentom
accusative	fragment	fragmenty
instrumental	fragmentem	fragmentami
locative	fragmencie	fragmentach
vocative	fragmencie	fragmenty

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Romanian

Noun

fragment n. (plural fragmente)

1. fragment

Declension

declension of fragment

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un fragment	fragmentul	niște fragmente	fragmentele
genitive/dative	unui fragment	fragmentului	unor fragmente	fragmentelor