splinter

== English == === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪn.tə/, [ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰə] (General Australian) (without nt-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/, [ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰə] ~ [ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰɐ̝] (nt-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪn̆.ə/, [ˈspl̥ɪn̆.ə] ~ [ˈspl̥ɪn̆.ɐ̝] (rhotic) (US, Canada) (without nt-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/, [ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰɚ] (nt-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪɾ̃.ɚ/, [ˈspl̥ɪɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈspl̥ɪɾ̃.ɹ̩] Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ) Hyphenation: splin‧ter === Etymology 1 === From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== splinter (plural splinters) A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood. A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership. (bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit. (linguistics) A fragment of a component word in a blend. ===== Synonyms ===== (long sharp fragment): sliver, shard, spelk, spill. (group formed by splitting): faction, splinter group. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the noun splinter. ==== Verb ==== splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered) (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions. (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch splinter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsplɪn.tər/ Hyphenation: splin‧ter Rhymes: -ɪntər === Noun === splinter m (plural splinters, diminutive splintertje n) splinter (long, sharp fragment of material) ==== Derived terms ==== splinterpartij ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: splinter → Papiamentu: spleenter (dated) == Middle English == === Noun === splinter alternative form of splenter