fragmentary

English

Etymology

From fragment +‎ -ary.

Adjective

fragmentary (comparative more fragmentary, superlative most fragmentary)

1. Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

   Fragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country.

2. (geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

Derived terms

• fragmentarily
• fragmentariness
• multifragmentary

Translations

consisting of fragments

• Bulgarian: фрагментарен (fragmentaren), частичен (bg) (častičen), непълен (bg) (nepǎlen)
• Catalan: fragmentari (ca)
• Cornish: dernigel
• Esperanto: fragmenta
• Finnish: hajanainen (fi), sirpaleinen
• German: fragmentarisch (de)
• Hungarian: töredékes (hu), foszlányos (hu)
• Maori: tūāporoporo, rikiriki, tīmokamoka
• Romanian: fragmentar (ro)
• Russian: фрагментарный (ru) (fragmentarnyj), отрывочный (ru) (otryvočnyj)
• Yiddish: פֿראַגמענטאַריש (fragmentarish)

(geology)

• Bulgarian: отломъчен (otlomǎčen)
• Catalan: fragmentari (ca)
• Cornish: dernigel
• Finnish: fragmentaarinen
• Hungarian: törmelékes (hu), törmelék (hu)