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Noun

ruptura f ‎(plural ruptures)

1. rupture, breaking, breakup

Latin

Etymology

From rumpō ‎(“break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /rupˈtuː.ra/, [rʊpˈtuː.ra]

Noun

ruptūra f ‎(genitive ruptūrae); first declension

1. breaking or breaking off of a limb; fracture, breach, rupture

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (fracture): ruptiō

Related terms

Descendants

References

• ruptura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• RUPTURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ruptura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

ruptura f (plural rupturas) (Brazilian orthography)

1. Alternative form of rotura

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruptǔːra/
• Hyphenation: rup‧tu‧ra

Noun

ruptúra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling рупту́ра)

1. rupture

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruptūra. Cf. the doublet rotura.

Noun

ruptura f ‎(plural rupturas)

1. breaking-off
2. rupture

Related terms

• romper
• roto