Brechung
German (Berlin)
[ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]
noun
Definitions
- (physics) refraction (bending of any wave)
- (linguistics) vowel breaking
Etymology
Suffix from German brechen (break, vomit).
Origin
German (Berlin)
brechen
Gloss
break, vomit
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brecher German
- Brechmittel German
- Brechnuss German
- Brechungsindex German
- Brechwurzel German
- Brechzahl German
- Brotbrechen German
- Fastenbrechen German
- Index German
- Licht German
- Lichtbrechung German
- Unterbrechung German
- Verbrechen German
- abbrechen German
- anbrechen German
- aufbrechen German
- ausbrechen German
- auseinanderbrechen German
- brechen German
- durchbrechen German
- ehebrechen German
- einbrechen German
- entzweibrechen German
- erbrechen German
- heranbrechen German
- hervorbrechen German
- losbrechen German
- radebrechen German
- unterbrechen German
- verbrechen German
- wegbrechen German
- zerbrechen German
- zusammenbrechen German
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- radbrække Danish
- brechen Middle High German
- bricon prv
- Licht
- Index
- Brecher
- brechen
- Brechnuss
- anbrechen
- Brechzahl
- abbrechen
- erbrechen
- aufbrechen
- wegbrechen
- verbrechen
- ehebrechen
- losbrechen
- einbrechen
- ausbrechen
- Verbrechen
- zerbrechen
- Brechmittel
- Brotbrechen
- radebrechen
- Brechwurzel
- durchbrechen
- heranbrechen
- unterbrechen
- Lichtbrechung
- hervorbrechen
- Unterbrechung
- Fastenbrechen
- Brechungsindex
- entzweibrechen
- zusammenbrechen
- auseinanderbrechen