rupture

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌptʃə/

Noun

rupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)

1. A burst, split, or break.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.

2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
   • (Can we date this quote by E. Everett and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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.

3. (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
4. (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

Translations

burst or split

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破裂 (zh) (pòliè)

• Finnish: puhkeaminen (fi) (burst); halkeama (fi) (split), katkeaminen (fi) (break)
• French: rupture (fr) f
• German: Bruch (de) m
• Italian: rottura (it)
• Japanese: 破裂 (ja) (はれつ, haretsu)
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• Korean: 터짐 (teojim)
• Latin: ruptura
• Portuguese: ruptura (pt) f
• Romanian: ruptură (ro)
• Russian: разры́в (ru) m (razrýv)
• Spanish: rotura (es)

social break

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷交／断交 (zh) (duànjiāo), 断交 (zh) (duànjiāo)

• Finnish: välirikko (fi)
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• German: Bruch (de) m
• Korean: 결렬 (ko) (gyeollyeol)
• Russian: разры́в (ru) m (razrýv)

break in tissue

• Finnish: revähdys (fi)
• Greek: κήλη (el) f (kíli)
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• Latin: rāmex m
• Portuguese: ruptura (pt) f

failure mode

• Catalan: ruptura (ca)
• Finnish: venymä (fi)
• German: Zerreißen n
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• Italian: rottura (it) f
• Korean: 파단 (padan)
• Russian: разры́в (ru) m (razrýv)

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
2. (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.

Translations

to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure

• Czech: prasknout (cs)
• Finnish: puhjeta (fi), haljeta (fi), murtua (fi)
• Latvian: trūkt (lv)
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• Maori: ngawhewhe
• Portuguese: romper (pt)
• Russian: разрыва́ться (ru) impf (razryvátʹsja), разорва́ться (ru) pf (razorvátʹsja)

Further reading

• “rupture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “rupture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “rupture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁyp.tyʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

rupture f (plural ruptures)

1. breakup, rupture

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ruptūre

1. vocative masculine singular of ruptūrus