fragor

See also: frågor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪɡə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangō (“to break”).

Noun

fragor (plural fragors)

1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
   • 1709, Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae:

     The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks […]

Etymology 2

From the above, by confusion with the root of fragrant.

Noun

fragor (plural fragors)

1. (obsolete, proscribed) A strong or sweet scent; fragrance.
   • 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:

     it seems offensive; and tasted, penetrates a strong brain by its fragor

References

“fragor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From frangō (“break, shatter”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfra.ɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfraː.ɡor]

Noun

fragor m (genitive fragōris); third declension

1. a breaking, shattering
2. a crash

   Sextus magnum fragorem audit ― Sextus hears the great crash.

3. an uproar

   Synonyms: sēditiō, tumultus, perculsus, concursus, inquiētūdō

4. a clamor, din

   Synonyms: clangor, strepitus, clāmor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fragor	fragōrēs
genitive	fragōris	fragōrum
dative	fragōrī	fragōribus
accusative	fragōrem	fragōrēs
ablative	fragōre	fragōribus
vocative	fragor	fragōrēs

Related terms

• fragilis
• fragmentum
• fragōsus
• frangō

Descendants

• → English: fragor
• → Italian: fragore
• → Portuguese: fragor
• → Spanish: fragor

References

• “fragor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fragor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fragor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “fragor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a storm accompanied by heavy claps of thunder: tempestas cum magno fragore (caeli) tonitribusque (Liv. 1. 16)
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡoʁ/ [fɾaˈɡoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡoʁ/ [fɾaˈɡoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡoʁ/ [fɾaˈɡoχ]
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈɡoɾ/ [fɾɐˈɣoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈɡoɾ/ [fɾɐˈɣoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈɡo.ɾi/ [fɾɐˈɣo.ɾi]

Noun

fragor m (plural fragores)

1. bang, boom (sudden percussive noise)

   Synonyms: estrépito, estridor, estrondo, estampido

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangere (“to break”).

Noun

fragor m (plural fragores)

1. clamour, din
2. heat

   En el fragor de la batalla, es importante mantenernos firmes, unidos.

   In the heat of battle, it is important to stand firm together.

Further reading

• “fragor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024