fragment
French, noun/fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/
fragment is spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fragment is a French masculine noun meaning “fragment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de quelque chose qui a été cassé, brisé, séparé de son tout”.
What does fragment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefragment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de quelque chose qui a été cassé, brisé, séparé de son tout. 2. Petite partie d’un livre, d’un traité, d’un ouvrage, etc. 3. Morceau d’un livre, d’un ouvrage qui n’est pas encore terminé, ou qui n’a pu l’être. 4. Format des données transitant par la couche de transport du modèle OSI.
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 fragment
- fragments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fragment?
- /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃/
- \fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\
- [fʁaɡ.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fragment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fragment in French?
fragment appears 3.2 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).