rupture
French, noun/ʁyp.tyʁ/
rupture is spelled R-U-P-T-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rupture is a French feminine noun meaning “breakup, rupture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rupturer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle une chose est rompue ; état d’une chose rompue”.
What does rupture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreakup, rupture
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle une chose est rompue ; état d’une chose rompue. 2. Déchirement survenant dans un organe ou dans une membrane. 3. Division qui se produit entre des personnes qui étaient unies par traité, par amitié, etc. 4. Séparation de deux personnes qui étaient liées par une liaison amoureuse.
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 rupture
- ruptures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rupture?
- /ʁyp.tyʁ/
- \ʁyp.tyʁ\
- [ʁyp.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rupture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rupture in French?
rupture appears 26 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).