rupture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɹ̩] (General-American)
- /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈɹʷʌ̹pt͡ʃəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin ruptūrader. Middle French rupturebor. ▲ Latin ruptūrabor. English rupture Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”). Doublet of roture.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A burst, split, or break.
Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.
1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History:Our age of what Mark Carney called global rupture is also often described as following the “law of the jungle”, in which the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must, with international law shattered and multilateral organisations hollowed out.
2026 June 20, Nathalie Tocci, “Even in this age of global rupture, do not despair: there is still hope for international law”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland:
- (countable, uncountable) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- (countable, uncountable) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruptures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rupturewort · rupture of membranes · microrupture · modulus of rupture · ruptureless · nonrupture · macrorupture · rupturist
Translations (59)
el κήλη (break in tissue) · fi puhkeaminen (burst or split) · cs kýla (break in tissue) · fi venymä (failure mode) · bg херния (break in tissue) · bg скъсване (burst or split) · mk пр́скање (burst or split) · cs roztržka (social break) · ota چاك (burst or split) · bg разрив (social break) · ro ruptură (burst or split) · fi halkeama (burst or split) · it rottura (burst or split) · ja 破裂 (burst or split) · mk прекину́вање (social break) · la rāmex (break in tissue) · cmn 斷交 /断交 (social break) · cs prasknutí (break in tissue) · la ruptūra (break in tissue) · es rotura (burst or split) · la ruptura (burst or split) · cmn 破裂 (burst or split) · mk раскину́вање (social break) · de Riss (break in tissue) · ar تَمَزُّق (break in tissue) · ota فتق (burst or split) · cs přetržení (break in tissue) · ko 터짐 (burst or split) · mk хе́рнија (break in tissue) · pt rotura (burst or split) · ru разры́в (burst or split) · id ruptur (break in tissue) · fi välirikko (social break) · cs ruptura (break in tissue) · ru разры́в (social break) · pt ruptura (burst or split) · ko 결렬 (social break) · pt rutura (burst or split) · cs prasklina (burst or split) · cs rozkol (social break) · de Bruch (burst or split) · pdt Bruch (break in tissue) · ga maidhm sheicne (of the peritoneum) (break in tissue) · it rottura (failure mode) · de Zerreißen (failure mode) · ca ruptura (failure mode) · pt ruptura (break in tissue) · ko 파단 (failure mode) · bg разкъсване (burst or split) · de Bruch (social break) · fr rupture (burst or split) · fi revähdys (break in tissue) · ru разры́в (failure mode) · hy խզում (social break) · hi दरार (burst or split) · mk пре́кин (social break) · fi katkeaminen (burst or split) · mk пу́кање (burst or split) · cs prasknutí (burst or split)