rupture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)
- A burst, split, or break.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 7”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
- 1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History
- Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.
- 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland
- (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Translations[edit]
burst or split
social break
break in tissue
failure mode
Verb[edit]
rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)
- (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
- (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.
Translations[edit]
to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- rupture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rupture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rupture at OneLook Dictionary Search
Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *Hrewp-
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rupture f (plural ruptures)
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Usage notes[edit]
This word almost always unambiguously means "breakup" when used absolutely. For other senses, it needs a complement.
Verb[edit]
rupture
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Further reading[edit]
- “rupture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
ruptūre
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