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fragment

/fˈɹæɡmənt/FRAG-muhnt
/fˈɹæɡmənt/FRAG-muhnt

Meaninga broken piece

Common meaning: a small broken piece

Journey through time

  1. Latinfrangō, frēgī, frāctum‘to break, shatter’
  2. Frenchfragment
  3. Englishfragment‘a small broken piece’ · today

frag also in: fragilefrailfractionfracture

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin frangō ‘to break, shatter’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry frangō, p. 776 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FRAIL, p. 218 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

fractionfracturefragilefrail

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