fractuur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fracture, from Latin fractura (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, from whence also English break and Dutch breken.

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: frac‧tuur

Noun

fractuur f (plural fracturen, diminutive fractuurtje n)

fracture

Synonyms

breuk

Derived terms

kaakfractuur