frangent

English

Etymology

From Latin frangens, present participle of frangere. See fraction.

Adjective

frangent (comparative more frangent, superlative most frangent)

  1. Causing fracture; breaking.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frangent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Verb

frangent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of franger
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of franger

Latin

Verb

frangent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of frangō
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