Definition
To break something into fragments or pieces; to divide into separate, disconnected parts.
Etymology
From 'fragment' (from Latin 'fragmentum', meaning 'a piece broken off') plus the suffix '-alize', meaning 'to make or cause to become.' This verb form emerged in English to express the action of fragmenting, evolving from the noun 'fragment' through the addition of the agent suffix.
Kelly Says
This word captures something increasingly visible in modern life—how digital media fragmentalizes our attention into bite-sized pieces, literally breaking our focus into fragments rather than keeping it whole. Ironically, the word itself is fragmented from simpler Latin roots, mirroring what it describes.
Translations
ARالعربية
تجزئة
ta-jzi-ah
BNবাংলা
খণ্ডবিভাজন
khond-bi-bha-jon
CACatalà
fragmentar
frah-gmen-ta-r
CSČeština
fragmentovat
frah-gmen-to-vat'
DADansk
fragmentere
frah-gmen-te-re
DEDeutsch
fragmentarisieren
frah-gmen-ta-ree-ze-ren
ELΕλληνικά
σπαράσσω
spa-ras-so
ESEspañol
fragmentarizar
frah-gmen-ta-ree-zar
FAفارسی
fragmentize
frah-gmen-tayz
FISuomi
fragmentoida
frah-gmen-to-i-da
FRFrançais
fragmenter
frah-gmen-tay
HIहिन्दी
खंडित करना
khan-dit ka-rna
HUMagyar
fragmentálni
frah-gmen-ta-li
IDBahasa Indonesia
fragmen
frah-gmen
ITItaliano
frammentare
frah-men-ta-reh
MSBahasa Melayu
fragmen
frah-gmen
NLNederlands
fragmentariseren
frah-gmen-ta-ree-ze-ren
NONorsk
fragmentere
frah-gmen-te-re
PLPolski
fragmentować
frah-men-to-vat'
PTPortuguês
fragmentar
frah-gmen-ta-r
RORomână
fragment
frah-g-men-t
RUРусский
фрагментировать
frah-gmen-tee-ro-vat'
SVSvenska
fragmentera
frah-gmen-te-ra
SWKiswahili
kufungua
ku-fun-gwa
TAதமிழ்
பகுப்பாய்வு
pa-ku-pa-i-vu
TEతెలుగు
భాగాలుగా
bha-ga-lu-ga
THไทย
แตกแยก
dtaeng-dyaek
TLTL
mag-fragmento
mag-frah-gmen-to
TRTürkçe
parçalayış
par-cha-lay-ish
UKУкраїнська
фрагментувати
frah-gmen-to-vat'
VITiếng Việt
phân mảnh
phan manh
ZUZU
ukuthwala
ku-thu-wa-la