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• frăkʹshən
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Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraccion, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- (English break). Doublet of frazione.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa) — part of a whole
• Belarusian: ча́стка (částka) — part of a whole
• Bulgarian: част (čast) — part of a whole
• Bulgarian: частица (častica) — part of a whole
• Catalan: fracció — part of a whole
• Chinese Mandarin: 部分 (bùfen) — part of a whole
• Czech: zlomek — part of a whole
• Danish: brøkdel — part of a whole
• Dutch: fractie — part of a whole
• Esperanto: ono — part of a whole
• Estonian: murdosa — part of a whole
• Finnish: murto-osa — part of a whole
• French: fraction — part of a whole
• Friulian: frazion — part of a whole
• German: Bruchteil — part of a whole
• Hebrew: חלק (khélek) — part of a whole
• Hindi: अंश (añś) — part of a whole
• Hungarian: töredék — part of a whole
• Irish: codán — part of a whole
• Italian: frazione — part of a whole
• Japanese: 断片 (danpen) — part of a whole
• Khmer: ប្រភាគ (prɑɑphiək) — part of a whole
• Lao: ແຕ່ສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງ (tǣ sūan nưng) — part of a whole
• Latvian: daļskaitlis — part of a whole
• Macedonian: дел (del) — part of a whole
• Macedonian: делче (delče) — part of a whole
• Māori: hautanga — part of a whole
• Marathi: अपूर्णांक (apūrṇāṅka) — part of a whole
• Norwegian: andel — part of a whole
• Norwegian: brøkdel — part of a whole
• Piedmontese: frassion — part of a whole
• Plautdietsch: Bruchdeel — part of a whole
• Polish: ułamek — part of a whole
• Polish: cząstka — part of a whole
• Portuguese: fração — part of a whole
• Portuguese: fracção — part of a whole
• Romanian: fracție — part of a whole
• Russian: часть (častʹ) — part of a whole
• Russian: части́ца (častíca) — part of a whole
• Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag — part of a whole
• Scottish Gaelic: criomag — part of a whole
• Scottish Gaelic: mìr — part of a whole
• Serbo-Croatian: dȉo — part of a whole
• Serbo-Croatian: òdsječak — part of a whole
• Southern Altai: бӧлӱгеш (bölügeš) — part of a whole
• Spanish: fracción — part of a whole
• Swedish: bråkdel — part of a whole
• Tagalog: praksiyon — part of a whole
• Tagalog: parte — part of a whole
• Tagalog: bahagi — part of a whole
• Tibetan: ཆ་ཤས (cha shas) — part of a whole
• Tibetan: ཟུར་ཆ (zur cha) — part of a whole
• Turkish: bölüm — part of a whole
• Turkish: fraksiyon — part of a whole
• Turkish: kısım — part of a whole
• Turkish: parça — part of a whole
• Ukrainian: части́на (častýna) — part of a whole
• Vietnamese: phần — part of a whole
• Vietnamese: tỷ lệ — part of a whole
• Welsh: toriad — part of a whole
• Albanian: thyesë — arithmetic: ratio
• Arabic: كَسْر (kasr) — arithmetic: ratio
• Arabic: كُسُور (kusūr) — arithmetic: ratio
• Armenian: կոտորակ (kotorak) — arithmetic: ratio
• Azerbaijani: kəsr — arithmetic: ratio
• Bashkir: кәсер (kəser) — arithmetic: ratio
• Belarusian: дроб (drob) — arithmetic: ratio
• Bulgarian: дроб (drob) — arithmetic: ratio
• Burmese: အပိုင်းဂဏန်း (a.puing:ga.nan:) — arithmetic: ratio
• Catalan: fracció — arithmetic: ratio
• Chinese Mandarin: 分數 /分数 (fēnshù) — arithmetic: ratio
• Czech: zlomek — arithmetic: ratio
• Danish: brøk — arithmetic: ratio
• Dutch: breuk — arithmetic: ratio
• Esperanto: frakcio — arithmetic: ratio
• Estonian: segaarv — arithmetic: ratio
• Estonian: murd — arithmetic: ratio
• Finnish: murtoluku — arithmetic: ratio
• Finnish: suhdeluku — arithmetic: ratio
• French: fraction — arithmetic: ratio
• Friulian: frazion — arithmetic: ratio
• Georgian: წილადი (c̣iladi) — arithmetic: ratio
• German: Bruch — arithmetic: ratio
• Greek: κλάσμα (klásma) — arithmetic: ratio
• Ancient Greek: κλάσμα (klásma) — arithmetic: ratio
• Ancient Greek: μόριον (mórion) — arithmetic: ratio
• Greenlandic: brøki — arithmetic: ratio
• Hebrew: יחס (yákhas) — arithmetic: ratio
• Hebrew: שבר (shéver) — arithmetic: ratio
• Hindi: भिन्न (bhinn) — arithmetic: ratio
• Hungarian: tört — arithmetic: ratio
• Hungarian: törtszám — arithmetic: ratio
• Icelandic: brot — arithmetic: ratio
• Indonesian: pecahan — arithmetic: ratio
• Irish: codán — arithmetic: ratio
• Italian: frazione — arithmetic: ratio
• Japanese: 分数 (bunsū) — arithmetic: ratio
• Kazakh: бөлшек (bölşek) — arithmetic: ratio
• Khmer: ប្រភាគ (prɑɑphiək) — arithmetic: ratio
• Korean: 분수 (bunsu) — arithmetic: ratio
• Kyrgyz: бөлчөк (bölcök) — arithmetic: ratio
• Lao: ເສດສ່ວນ (sēt sūan) — arithmetic: ratio
• Latin: fractiō — arithmetic: ratio
• Latvian: daļskaitlis — arithmetic: ratio
• Lithuanian: trupmena — arithmetic: ratio
• Macedonian: дропка (dropka) — arithmetic: ratio
• Malay: pecahan — arithmetic: ratio
• Malayalam: ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ (bhinnasaṅkhya) — arithmetic: ratio
• Malayalam: ഭിന്നം (bhinnaṁ) — arithmetic: ratio
• Māori: hautau — arithmetic: ratio
• Marathi: गुणोत्तर (guṇottar) — arithmetic: ratio
• Mongolian: бутархай тоо (butarxaj too) — arithmetic: ratio
• Norwegian: brøk — arithmetic: ratio
• Norwegian Bokmål: brøk — arithmetic: ratio
• Persian: کسر (kasr) — arithmetic: ratio
• Persian: برخه (barxe) — arithmetic: ratio
• Piedmontese: frassion — arithmetic: ratio
• Polish: ułamek — arithmetic: ratio
• Portuguese: fração — arithmetic: ratio
• Portuguese: fracção — arithmetic: ratio
• Romanian: fracție — arithmetic: ratio
• Russian: дробь (drobʹ) — arithmetic: ratio
• Scottish Gaelic: bloigh — arithmetic: ratio
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́зломак — arithmetic: ratio
• Serbo-Croatian: rázlomak — arithmetic: ratio
• Slovak: zlomok — arithmetic: ratio
• Slovene: ulomek — arithmetic: ratio
• Southern Altai: дробь (drobʹ) — arithmetic: ratio
• Spanish: fracción — arithmetic: ratio
• Spanish: quebrado — arithmetic: ratio
• Swedish: bråk — arithmetic: ratio
• Tagalog: hatimbilang — arithmetic: ratio
• Tagalog: praksiyon — arithmetic: ratio
• Tajik: каср (kasr) — arithmetic: ratio
• Thai: เศษส่วน (sèet-sùuan) — arithmetic: ratio
• Tibetan: གྲངས་ཆ (grangs cha) — arithmetic: ratio
• Tibetan: ཆ་ཤས (cha shas) — arithmetic: ratio
• Turkish: kesir — arithmetic: ratio
• Ukrainian: дріб (drib) — arithmetic: ratio
• Urdu: کسر (kasr) — arithmetic: ratio
• Uyghur: كەسىر (kesir) — arithmetic: ratio
• Uzbek: kasr — arithmetic: ratio
• Vietnamese: phân số — arithmetic: ratio
• Welsh: ffracsiwn — arithmetic: ratio
• Bulgarian: фра́кция (frákcija) — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Finnish: jae — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Georgian: ფრაქცია (prakcia) — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Hebrew: מִקְטָע (mikta) — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraksjon — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fraksjon — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Polish: frakcja — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Romanian: fracțiune — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Russian: фра́кция (frákcija) — chemistry: component separated by fractionation
• Czech: lámání chleba — eucharistic service: breaking of the host
• Finnish: murtaminen — eucharistic service: breaking of the host
• German: Brotbrechen — eucharistic service: breaking of the host
• Polish: łamanie chleba — eucharistic service: breaking of the host
• Welsh: toriad — eucharistic service: breaking of the host
• Bulgarian: фракционирам (frakcioniram) — to divide into fractions
• Finnish: fraktioida — to divide into fractions
• Finnish: jakaa — to divide into fractions
• Finnish: pilkkoa — to divide into fractions
• Polish: dzielić — to divide into fractions
• Polish: podzielić — to divide into fractions