"fissure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fissure.wav Forms: fissures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|fissure}} Middle English fissure, {{der|en|fro|fissure}} Old French fissure, {{der|en|la|fissūra||a cleft, chink}} Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), {{af|la|findō|-tūra|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to cleave, split, divide}} findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fissure (plural fissures)
  1. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. Translations (crack or opening): ῥωχμός (rhōkhmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), شَقّ (šaqq) (Arabic), صَدْع (ṣadʕ) (Arabic), ճաք (čakʻ) (Armenian), çat (Azerbaijani), çatlaq (Azerbaijani), yarıq (Azerbaijani), цепнатина (cepnatina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пукнатина (puknatina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fissura [feminine] (Catalan), 裂縫 /裂缝 (lièfèng) (Chinese Mandarin), revne [common-gender] (Danish), sprække [common-gender] (Danish), spleet (Dutch), halkeama (Finnish), fissuura [medicine, sciences] (Finnish), fissure [feminine] (French), laño [masculine] (Galician), laña [feminine] (Galician), granipela [feminine] (Galician), fisura [feminine] (Galician), Riss [masculine] (German), Spalte [feminine] (German), Chlack [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), keretakan (Indonesian), lonka (Ingrian), gág [feminine] (Irish), 裂け目 (sakeme) (alt: さけめ) (Japanese), 割れ目 (wareme) (alt: われめ) (Japanese), rīma [feminine] (Latin), fissura [feminine] (Latin), пукна́тина (puknátina) [feminine] (Macedonian), ра́сцеп (ráscep) [masculine] (Macedonian), цепна́тина (cepnátina) [feminine] (Macedonian), വിള്ളൽ (viḷḷal) (Malayalam), piere (Maori), qelîş (Northern Kurdish), شکاف (šekâf) (Persian), چاک (čâk) (Persian), رخنه (rexne) (Persian), szczelina (Polish), fissura [feminine] (Portuguese), fisură [feminine] (Romanian), crăpătură [feminine] (Romanian), тре́щина (tréščina) [feminine] (Russian), расще́лина (rasščélina) [feminine] (Russian), расцеп [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rascep [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trhlina [feminine] (Slovak), prasklina [feminine] (Slovak), puklina [feminine] (Slovak), škára [feminine] (Slovak), grieta [feminine] (Spanish), fisura [feminine] (Spanish), rämna (Swedish), spricka [common-gender] (Swedish), çatlak; yarık (Turkish), тріщина (triščyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), щілина (ščilyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fissure-en-noun-O1tjXhA2 Disambiguation of 'crack or opening': 82 10 5 3
  2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (anatomic groove): fissura [feminine] (Catalan), (liè) (Chinese Mandarin), vako (Finnish), degresa [feminine] (Galician), razada [feminine] (Galician), cieiro [masculine] (Galician), فیسور (fisur) (Persian), fissur [common-gender] (Swedish), fissür (Turkish), борозна (borozna) (alt: мозку) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fissure-en-noun-ITs2OhUS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ure, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Terms with Alemannic German translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 71 10 3 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ure: 13 54 13 5 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 60 10 5 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 13 2 1 2 5 15 4 22 3 3 23 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Alemannic German translations: 7 72 9 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 23 43 18 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 53 20 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 51 17 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 15 54 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 53 13 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 67 11 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 53 13 6 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 52 11 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 55 14 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 54 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 10 57 13 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 61 12 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 61 12 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 51 14 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 9 61 12 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 57 19 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 5 81 7 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 54 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 54 18 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 55 17 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 61 12 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 54 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 15 54 15 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 64 10 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 57 15 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 57 15 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 55 15 6 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomic groove': 8 82 7 3
  3. (anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-fissure-en-noun-saM5w123 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. A state of incompatibility or disagreement. Synonyms: schism
    Sense id: en-fissure-en-noun-4CxYairB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪʃ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fissure.wav Forms: fissures [present, singular, third-person], fissuring [participle, present], fissured [participle, past], fissured [past]
Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|fissure}} Middle English fissure, {{der|en|fro|fissure}} Old French fissure, {{der|en|la|fissūra||a cleft, chink}} Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), {{af|la|findō|-tūra|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to cleave, split, divide}} findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)
  1. To split, forming fissures. Derived forms: fissuration, fissured [adjective], fissuring [noun] Translations (to split): rakoilla (Finnish), halkeilla (Finnish), rissig werden (German), meretakkan (Indonesian), شکافتن (šekâftan) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-fissure-en-verb-fQWCofsV

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak—Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 224:",
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          "code": "az",
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          "word": "çatlaq"
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          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "yarıq"
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          "roman": "cepnatina",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
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          "roman": "puknatina",
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          "word": "пукнатина"
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          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fissura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lièfèng",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "裂縫 /裂缝"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
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          "word": "revne"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sprække"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "spleet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "halkeama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "topics": [
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            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "fissuura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fissure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "laño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "laña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "granipela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fisura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Riss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spalte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Chlack"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "rhōkhmós",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ῥωχμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "keretakan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "lonka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "alt": "さけめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakeme",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "裂け目"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "alt": "われめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wareme",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "割れ目"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "qelîş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "rīma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fissura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "puknátina",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пукна́тина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ráscep",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ра́сцеп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "cepnátina",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цепна́тина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "viḷḷal",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "വിള്ളൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "piere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šekâf",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "شکاف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čâk",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "چاک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rexne",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "رخنه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "word": "szczelina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fissura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fisură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crăpătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tréščina",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тре́щина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasščélina",
          "sense": "crack or opening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "расще́лина"
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      "word": "ape-fissure"
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      "word": "裂縫 /裂缝"
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      "word": "piere"
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      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fissure"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fissure",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fissure"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French fissure",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fissūra",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a cleft, chink"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "findō",
        "3": "-tūra",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "nominal suffix",
        "t1": "to cleave, split, divide"
      },
      "expansion": "findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fissures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To split, forming fissures."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʃ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fissure.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Fischer"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Fisher"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "fisher"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "phisher"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪʃə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to split",
      "word": "rakoilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to split",
      "word": "halkeilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to split",
      "word": "rissig werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to split",
      "word": "meretakkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šekâftan",
      "sense": "to split",
      "word": "شکافتن"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fissure"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
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