Meaning

3 senses
  1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

    Knochenbruch, Bruch, Fraktur

    перело́мperelóm

    перело́мperelóm

  2. A break in bone or cartilage.

    Knochenbruch, Fraktur

    перело́мperelóm

    перело́мperelóm

  3. A fault or crack in a rock.

    Verwerfung

    разло́мrazlóm

More definitions
  • the act of cracking something
  • breaking of hard tissue such as bone
  • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Examples

74 sentences
  1. I fractured my arm.

    Я зламав руку. — deniko

    ruЯ сломал себе руку. — sonick_rnd

    deIch habe mir den Arm gebrochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom fractured his wrist.

    Том зламав зап'ястя. — deniko

    ruТом сломал запястье. — marafon

  3. How did you fracture your shoulder?

    ruКак ты сломал плечо? — marafon

  4. I fractured my ankle.

  5. Tom fractured his skull.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of breaking, or something broken:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of breaking, or something broken:
(geology) fault:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of breaking, or something broken:
(geology) fault:

Origin

From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fr

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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