splinter

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English edit

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Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/, [ˈsplɪɾ̃ɚ]
(Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɪnɚ/
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Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint +‎ -er.

Noun edit

splinter (plural splinters)

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
1. 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 edit

(long sharp fragment): shard, spelk, spill.
(group formed by splitting): faction, splinter group.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

fragment of material

Arabic: شَظِيَّة (ar) f (šaẓiyya)
Armenian: տաշեղ (hy) (tašeġ)
Aromanian: ashclji, aschlje
Azerbaijani: tilişkə (az)
Basque: ezpal
Belarusian: ска́бка f (skábka), стрэ́мка f (strémka)
Bulgarian: отло́мък (bg) m (otlómǎk), треска́ (bg) f (treská)
Catalan: estella (ca)
Cherokee: ᎤᏢᏓᎸᏓ (utlvdalvda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 碎片 (zh) (suìpiàn), 刺 (zh) (cì)
Czech: tříska (cs) f, úlomek (cs) m, odštěpek m
Dalmatian: sčela f
Danish: splint c
Dutch: splinter (nl) m
Esperanto: splito
Estonian: pind (et), kild (et)
Finnish: säle (fi) (wood), sirpale (fi), pirstale (fi)
French: éclat (fr) m, esquille (fr) f, écharde (fr) f
Friulian: sclese f, scae
Galician: estela (gl) f, racha f, acha (gl) f, pitela f, cavaco m, guizo f, lerca f, escádea f, trisca f, turraca f, lircha f, troupecelo m
Georgian: ხიწვი (xic̣vi), ხიჭვი (xič̣vi)
German: Splitter (de) m, Splinter m, Schiefer (de) m, Spreißel (de) m
Greek: σκλήθρα (el) f (sklíthra), θραύσμα (el) n (thráfsma), (wood) ακίδα (el) f (akída)
Ancient: σχινδάλαμος m (skhindálamos)
Hebrew: קֵיסָם (he) m (kesám), שְׁבָב (he) m (shvav)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: forgács (hu), szálka (hu)
Ingrian: päre
Irish: scealp f, scealpóg f
Italian: scheggia (it) f
Japanese: 破片 (ja) (はへん, hahen), 刺 (ja) (とげ, toge)
Khmer: ចំរាស (cɑmriəh)
Korean: 조각 (ko) (jogak), 지저깨비 (jijeokkaebi)
Lao: ສ້ຽນ (sīan)
Latin: assula f, schidia f
Latvian: skaida f, skabarga f
Lithuanian: drožlė f, rakštis f
Macedonian: спица f (spica), деланка f (delanka), треска f (treska)
Maori: koi (mi)
Norman: êclyi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flis m or f
Occitan: astèla f, estèla (oc) f, ascla (oc) f, esquilha (oc) f
Old English: speld n
Persian: تریشه (fa) (teriše)
Plautdietsch: Spekja m
Polish: odłamek (pl) m, drzazga (pl) f
Portuguese: farpa (pt) f
Romanian: așchie (ro) f
Russian: ще́пка (ru) f (ščépka), зано́за (ru) f (zanóza) (stuck in a body)
Sardinian: alcia f, ascia f, ascra, astua f, astula f, schedra f, schelda f
Scots: spail, pran
Scottish Gaelic: spealg f
Slovak: trieska f, štiepka f
Slovene: trska (sl) f
Spanish: (wood) astilla (es) f, (bone or metal) esquirla f
Swedish: flisa (sv) c, sticka (sv) c
Tagalog: subyang
Tajik: параха (paraxa)
Thai: เสี้ยน (th) (sîian)
Turkish: kıymık (tr)
Ukrainian: ска́бка f (skábka), ска́лка f (skálka)
Venetian: sgrexénda f, s-cexa (vec) f
Walloon: schete (wa) f

group

Czech: frakce (cs) f
Dutch: splintergroep
Finnish: sirpaleryhmä
French: faction (fr) f
Galician: bandaría f, bando m, faución f
German: Splittergruppe (de) f
Italian: fazione (it)
Lithuanian: trupinys m
Polish: odłam (pl) m
Portuguese: facção (pt) f
Romanian: factiune f, schisma f
Russian: отщепе́нцы (ru) m pl (otščepéncy)
Slovak: frakcia
Swedish: avknoppning c, utbrytning c, utbrytargrupp c

Etymology 2 edit

From the noun splinter.

Verb edit

splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)

(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
The tall tree splintered during the storm.
(transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
His third kick splintered the door.
- 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
  After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
(figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.

The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
(transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
- 1659, Matthew Wren, Monarchy Asserted Or The State of Monarchicall & Popular Government:
  it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.