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Added 9 October 2026

fracture

/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/ noun

In Latin: frāctūra Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fracture at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

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

Origin

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

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