frangent

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin frangēns, present participle of frangō (“to break”). See fraction. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹænd͡ʒənt/ === Adjective === frangent (comparative more frangent, superlative most frangent) (obsolete) Causing fracture; breaking. December 9 1763, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Hertford they hissed in the most murderous manner: broke Mr. Sheriff Harley's coach-glass in the most frangent manner === References === “frangent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Verb === frangent third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of franger == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfraŋ.ɡɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfran̠ʲ.d͡ʒent] === Verb === frangent third-person plural future active indicative of frangō