fracture

Signification

Noun

1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. A break in bone or cartilage.
3. A fault or crack in a rock.

Verb

1. To break, or cause something to break.
2. (slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɹæk.tjə/

Étymologie

From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.