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feminine

/e.fʁak.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

breaking and entering, break-in

Word origin

From Latin effringere ('to break open'), built from ex- ('out') and frangere ('to break').

Origin: Latin
Root: effringere
English cognates: fracture, fragment, fraction

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraleffractions

Examples

The thieves broke in.

The door shows signs of a break-in.

He was arrested for breaking and entering.

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No sign of forced entry was recorded by the police.

Three break-ins have happened in the neighbourhood.

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This word is part of lesson 60.