fracture
French, noun
fracture is spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fracture is a French feminine noun meaning “fracture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, fracturé is a different word: “past participle of fracturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rupture avec effort”.
What does fracture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefracture
fracture ouverte
verb
- 1
past participle of fracturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rupture avec effort. 2. Lésion osseuse consistant en une rupture accompagnée ou non de déplacement des téguments. 3. Division au sein du corps social jugée anormale.
adjective: 1. Qui présente une ou plusieurs fractures
noun: 1. Personne qui a subi une fracture.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fracture
- fractures plural
- fracturée feminine
- fracturés masculine plural
- fracturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fracture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fracture in French?
fracture appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).