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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesframmento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /framˈmɛn.to/
"Ho trovato un frammento della vecchia lettera."
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', stemming from 'fragere', meaning 'to break'. It entered Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, retaining its core connotation of a small part broken off or separated from a whole.
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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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