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disruption
English
Etymology
From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s???p??n/, /d?z???p??n/, /d?z???p??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s???p??n/
- Rhymes: -?p??n
Noun
disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)
- An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
- The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.
- A continuing act of disorder.
- There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.
- A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
Related terms
- disrupt
- disruptive
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Disruption of 1843 (in the Church of Scotland)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
disruption f (plural disruptions)
- break; fracture
disruption From the web:
- what disruption means
- what disruption really means
- what does disruption mean
fracture
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fracture, from Latin fract?ra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg-, from whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?æk.t??/, /?f?æk.tj?/
Noun
fracture (plural fractures)
- 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
- fractal
- fraction
- fragment
Translations
Verb
fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)
- (transitive, intransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
- (transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
Translations
Further reading
- fracture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fracture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French fracture, from late Old French fracture, borrowed from Latin fract?ra. Compare the inherited Old French fraiture, and the frainture (influenced by fraindre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ak.ty?/
Noun
fracture f (plural fractures)
- fracture
Related terms
- fraction
Descendants
- ? Romanian: fractur?
Further reading
- “fracture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Participle
fr?ct?re
- vocative masculine singular of fr?ct?rus
Spanish
Verb
fracture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fracturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
fracture From the web:
- what fracture means
- what fracture takes the longest to heal
- what fracture is common in osteoporotic bones
- what fractures are completely internal
- what fractures are most common to the head
- what fractures require surgery
- what fracture is common in sports
- what fracture indicates abuse
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