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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碎片 (cmn) (suìpiàn), 碎屑 (cmn) (suìxiè), 斷片 (cmn), 断片 (cmn) (duànpiàn), 碴兒 (cmn), 碴儿 (cmn) (chár)

• Danish: fragment (da) n
• Dutch: fragment (nl) n
• 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) (だんぺん, danpen); 破片 (ja) (はへん, hahen) (especially a broken part), フラグメント (ja) (furagumento), 欠片 (ja) (かけら, kakera)

• Maori: mōrohe (mi), mōtete (mi), kuru (mi), rutunga (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fragment (no) n

  Nynorsk: fragment (nn) n

• Romanian: bucată (ro), fragment (ro)
• Russian: осколок (ru) (oskólok) m, обломок (ru) (oblómok) m, кусок (ru) (kusók) m, фрагмент (ru) (fragmént) m
• Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag (gd) f,criomag (gd) f,mìr (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: fràgment (sh) m, ùlomak (sh) m, òdlomak (sh) m
• Spanish: fragmento (es)
• Swedish: fragment (sv) n
• Turkish: parça (tr), bölüm (tr), kısım (tr), fragman (tr), kırıntı (tr)

grammar: a sentence

• German: Satzfragment (de) n
• Japanese: 断片 (ja) (だんぺん, danpen)

• Russian: фрагмент (ru) (fragmént) m, отрывок (ru) (otrývok) m (passage)

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)
• Dutch: fragmenteren (nl)
• Finnish: rikkoutua (fi), sirpaloitua (fi), hajota palasiksi
• French: fragmenter (fr)
• German: fragmentieren (de)

• Romanian: fragmenta (ro)
• Russian: разваливаться (ru) (razválivatʹsja) impf., развалиться (ru) (razvalítʹsja) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: fragmentírati (sh)
• Spanish: fragmentar (es)

to cause to be broken into pieces

• Catalan: fragmentar (ca)
• Dutch: fragmenteren (nl)
• Finnish: murtaa (fi)
• French: fragmenter (fr)
• German: fragmentieren (de)

• Italian: frammentare (it)
• Romanian: fragmenta (ro)
• Russian: разламывать (ru) (razlámyvatʹ) impf., разломать (ru) (razlomátʹ) pf., фрагментировать (ru) (fragmentírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: fragmentírati (sh)

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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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

fragment m (plural fragments)

1. a fragment

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

fragment n (plural fragmenten, diminutive fragmentje)

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)

  (file)

• 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

  (file)

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

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Swedish

Noun

fragment n

1. a fragment

Declension

Declension of fragment

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fragment	fragmentet	fragment	fragmenten
genitive	fragments	fragmentets	fragments	fragmentens

Related terms

• fragmentarisk
• fragmentera
• fragmentering
• fragmentisera
• fragmentisering

References

• fragment in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)