different between fracture vs infraction
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.
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infraction
English
Etymology
From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?f?ak??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?f?æk??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
infraction (plural infractions)
- (law) A minor offence, petty crime
- a violation; breach
- (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
Related terms
- infringe
- infringement
Translations
See also
- infarction
Further reading
- infraction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- infraction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- infraction at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- infarction
French
Etymology
From Latin infractio
Pronunciation
Noun
infraction f (plural infractions)
- offense (US), departure
- infringement, infraction
Descendants
- ? Romanian: infrac?iune
Further reading
- “infraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
infraction From the web:
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