breakthrough
English
/ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/
adj
Definitions
- Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
Etymology
Compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English through.
Origin
English
through
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- clickthrough English
- come through English
- crossbreak English
- cut-through English
- feedthrough English
- firebreak English
- flowthrough English
- flythrough English
- forbreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- passthrough English
- paythrough English
- playthrough English
- prebreak English
- readthrough English
- rebreak English
- shelfbreak English
- ski-through English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- strikethrough English
- sunbreak English
- therethrough English
- thirl English
- through English
- through-gut English
- throughbore English
- throughcare English
- throughfall English
- throughflow English
- throughlane English
- throughline English
- throughly English
- throughness English
- throughout English
- throughput English
- throughstone English
- throughway English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- walkthrough English
- waterbreak English
- wherethrough English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- writethrough English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- braak Dutch, Flemish
- dijkdoorbraak Dutch, Flemish
- door Dutch, Flemish
- doorbraak Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- スルー Japanese
- ブレイク Japanese
- breken Middle English
- thrugh Middle English
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- thirl
- break
- breaky
- through
- breakly
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- breaker
- bebreak
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- unbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- throughly
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- break off
- breakfast
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- breakopen
- overbreak
- flythrough
- throughput
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- paythrough
- microbreak
- underbreak
- throughout
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- throughway
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- throughness
- throughline
- walkthrough
- throughbore
- throughcare
- throughflow
- throughfall
- readthrough
- passthrough
- ski-through
- flowthrough
- playthrough
- unbreakable
- feedthrough
- breaker bar
- brake pedal
- through-gut
- throughlane
- cut-through
- break loose
- strikebreak
- clickthrough
- wherethrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- throughstone
- writethrough
- therethrough
- come through
- strikethrough
- break-promise
- midterm break