fissure
See also: fissuré
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fissure, Latin fissura.
Noun
fissure (plural fissures)
Derived terms
- contrafissure
- counterfissure
- fissureless
- fissurelike
- fissure needle
- fissure vein
- fissurotomy
- laryngofissure
- microfissure
- palpebral fissure
- Rolandic fissure
- sylvian fissure
- unfissured
Translations
a crack or opening, as in a rock
Verb
fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)
- To split, forming fissures.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin fissura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.syʁ/
- Rhymes: -yʁ
Synonyms
Related terms
See also
Verb
fissure
Further reading
- “fissure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Portuguese
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