English Explanatory Dictionary

fissure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
  2. A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.
  3. A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
  4. A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
verb
  1. To split, forming fissures.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪʃ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fissure.wav /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/ /ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/

Word forms

fissure fissures fissuring fissured

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin fissūrader. Old French fissurebor. Middle English fissure English fissure From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

Synonyms

schism

Derived words

ape-fissure contrafissure counterfissure fissural fissurate fissureless fissurelike fissure needle fissure vein fissure vent fissuriform fissurization fissurotomy fissury inferior orbital fissure laryngofissure pterygomaxillary fissure superior orbital fissure Sylvian fissure thyrofissure fissuration fissured fissuring
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