effraction

English

Etymology

From French effraction from Latin effractura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛˈfrak.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈfrækʃən/, /əˈfræk.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: ef‧frac‧tion

Noun

effraction (countable and uncountable, plural effractions)

1. (obsolete, law) forcible Burglary.

   No effraction was found, suggesting the intruder had a key.

   Synonyms: breaking and entering, forced entry

2. (medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.

Translations

burglary

• Catalan: efracció f
• Finnish: murtovarkaus (fi)
• Polish: włamanie (pl) n

type of bone fracture

• Finnish: avomurtuma (fi)
• Polish: złamanie otwarte (pl) n

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.fʁak.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

effraction f (plural effractions)

1. breaking and entering, burglary
2. hacking
3. (medicine) effraction

Derived terms

• antieffraction

Related terms

• fracture

Further reading

• “effraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012