different between fract vs frac

English

Etymology

From Latin fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt
• Homophone: frakked

Verb

fract (third-person singular simple present fracts, present participle fracting, simple past and past participle fracted)

1. (obsolete) To break; to violate.

Anagrams

• -craft, Craft, craft

English

Alternative forms

• frack

Etymology 1

From English hydrofracking.

Verb

frac (third-person singular simple present fracs, present participle fraccing, simple past and past participle fracced)

1. (oil industry) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)

Adjective

frac

1. (oil industry) Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of frac job.

Noun

frac (plural fracs)

1. (oil industry) Frac job.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of fracture.

Noun

frac (plural fracs)

1. Fracture.
2. Fracturing.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of fraction.

Noun

frac (plural fracs)

1. Fraction
2. Fractioning

Derived terms

• frac job
• frac spread

Anagrams

• FARC, RCAF, carf

French

Etymology

From English frock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ak/

Noun

frac m (plural fracs)

1. white tie and tails

Further reading

• “frac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French frac

Noun

frac m (invariable)

1. morning dress, tailcoat, white tie and tails

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wrakk?, probably related to *grúac (“hair”); for similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair.

Compare Welsh gwraig and Breton gwreg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frak/

Noun

frac f

1. woman

Inflection

Synonyms

• banscál
• ben

Mutation

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French frac.

Noun

frac n (plural fracuri)

1. white tie and tails

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French frac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?ak/, [?f?ak]

Noun

frac m (plural fracs or fraques)

1. tailcoat