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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/
"Il ramassa un fragment de verre sur le sol."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small part broken or separated off something.
"Archaeologists carefully pieced together the pottery fragments found at the site."
- 1
To break or cause to break into small parts or pieces.
"Rapid industrialization began to fragment the traditional social structure."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'fragmentum', meaning a piece broken off, which comes from the verb 'frangere' (to break). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term originally referred to physical remnants or broken objects before expanding metaphorically to include incomplete texts, thoughts, and abstract systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fragment" is said worldwide
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fragment
Transliteration: /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/
"Il ramassa un fragment de verre sur le sol."
Fragment
Transliteration: /fʁaɡˈmɛnt/
"Sie fanden nur ein Fragment der antiken Inschrift."
frammento
Transliteration: /framˈmɛn.to/
"Ho trovato un frammento della vecchia lettera."
fragmento
Transliteration: /fɾaɣˈmento/
"El texto original solo sobrevive en un fragmento."
fragmento
Transliteration: /fɾaɡˈmẽ.tu/
"Cada fragmento da memória trazia de volta o passado."
टुकड़ा
Transliteration: tukda
"उसने कांच का एक टुकड़ा उठाया।"
碎片
Transliteration: suì piàn
"地上到处都是花瓶的碎片。"
파편
Transliteration: pap-yeon
"도자기 파편을 조심스럽게 맞추었다."
破片
Transliteration: hahen
"ガラスの破片が床に散らばっていた。"
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