fracture
English
/ˈfɹæk.tʃə/
noun
Definitions
- An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
- (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fracture derived from Latin fractūra (cleft, a breach, break, fracture) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (break, crack, split), *bʰreg- (break, crack, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreg-
Gloss
break, crack, split
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
- antifracture English
- 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
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- cryofracture English
- diffraction English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- fracturable English
- fractural English
- fraktur English
- heartbreak English
- hip English
- hip fracture English
- housebreak English
- hydrofracture English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- macrofracture English
- microbreak English
- microfracture English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- mono-fracture English
- multifracture English
- nanobreak English
- nanofracture English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- nonfracture English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- postfracture English
- prebreak English
- prefracture English
- pseudofracture English
- rebreak English
- refract English
- refraction English
- refracture English
- refringence English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- confringere Latin
- diffractus Latin
- fractio Latin
- fractura Latin
- fractūra Latin
- fragilis Latin
- fragmentum Latin
- frangere Latin
- frango Latin
- frāctura Latin
- frāctus Latin
- frāctūra Latin
- infractio Latin
- infringere Latin
- refrenare Latin
- Fraktur German
- Fraktur, Fractur German
- brechen German
- erbrechen German
- break Italian
- frattura Italian
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- fracture French
- fractura Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰreHg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrāg- Proto-Indo-European
- *brak- Proto-Germanic
- *brekaną Proto-Germanic
- *brekō Proto-Germanic
- *brukka- Proto-Germanic
- *brukkô Proto-Germanic
- ブレイク Japanese
- breken Middle English
- broiier Old French
- fracture Old French
- răsfrânge Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brehhan Old High German
- fracture Middle French
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- brejo Old Portuguese
- breka Old Frisian
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- *breg(i)štā Proto-Albanian
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- hip
- break
- breaky
- breakly
- refract
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- breaker
- bebreak
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- fraktur
- upbreak
- unbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakable
- fractural
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- break off
- breakfast
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- breakopen
- overbreak
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- refracture
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- refraction
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- nonfracture
- break-bones
- prefracture
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- fracturable
- brake pedal
- break loose
- diffraction
- strikebreak
- refringence
- nanofracture
- breakthrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- antifracture
- cryofracture
- hip fracture
- postfracture
- microfracture
- mono-fracture
- macrofracture
- hydrofracture
- break-promise
- multifracture
- midterm break
- pseudofracture