effraction

English

Etymology

From French effraction.

Noun

effraction (countable and uncountable, plural effractions)

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

Translations

burglary

• Finnish: murtovarkaus (fi)

type of bone fracture

• Finnish: avomurtuma (fi)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.fʁak.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

effraction f (plural effractions)

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

Derived terms

• antieffraction

Further reading

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