fracture

Meaning

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

Synonyms

break

crack

split

rupture

fissure

breaking

breach

crevice

breakage

cracking

rift

failure

snap

faulting

smash

fault

rent

break off

gap

cleft

break down

abruption

crush

breakdown

broken bone

broken

bone fracture

be cracked

snap off

violate

disturb

slot

shatter

shift

destroy

fragmentation

chink

demolish

bust

slit

geological fault

decipher

crushing

cross-section

burst

crevasse

fissured

contravene

bruise

fall apart

Translations

fracture

frattura

Bruch

fractura

breuk

Knochenbruch

fratura

Fraktur

fractura

fissure

fracturer

σπάσιμο

fractura

fratturare

fratturarsi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹæk.tjə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fracture

In summary

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.