German

Noun

Fragment n ‎(genitive Fragments or Fragmentes, plural Fragmente)

1. fragment

Related terms

• fragmentieren

English

A fragment [1] of a vessel

A fragment [1] of an ancient writing

Noun

fragment ‎(plural fragments)

1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

   a fragment of an ancient writing

   I heard a small fragment of the conversation.

2. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
3. (computing) An incomplete portion of code.

Related terms

• fragmental

Translations

Verb

fragment ‎(third-person singular simple present fragments, present participle fragmenting, simple past and past participle fragmented)

1. (intransitive) To break apart.
2. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
3. (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Synonyms

• fragmentize

Derived terms

• fragmentation

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum ‎(“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere ‎(“to break”).

Noun

fragment m ‎(plural fragments)

1. a fragment

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragment m

1. fragment (portion or segment of an object)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: frag‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum ‎(“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere ‎(“to break”).

Noun

fragment n ‎(plural fragmenten, diminutive fragmentje n)

1. a fragment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum ‎(“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere ‎(“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/
• Homophone: fragments
• Hyphenation: frag‧ment

Noun

fragment m ‎(plural fragments)

1. fragment

Derived terms

• fragmenter

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fragmentum

Noun

fragment n ‎(definite singular fragmentet, indefinite plural fragment or fragmenter, definite plural fragmenta or fragmentene)

1. a fragment

Related terms

• fragmentere

References

• “fragment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fragmentum

Noun

fragment n ‎(definite singular fragmentet, indefinite plural fragment, definite plural fragmenta)

1. a fragment

Related terms

• fragmentere

References

• “fragment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraɡmɛnt/

Noun

fragment m inan

1. fragment

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French fragment and its source, Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragment n ‎(plural fragmente)

1. fragment

Declension

Synonyms

• bucată, frântură

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frǎɡment/
• Hyphenation: frag‧ment

Noun

fràgment m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фра̀гмент)

1. fragment

Declension

References

• “fragment” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragmentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fragment n

1. a fragment

Declension

Related terms

• fragmentarisk
• fragmentera
• fragmentering
• fragmentisera
• fragmentisering

References

• fragment in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)