fissure

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fissure, Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/
• Homophone: fisher

Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

1. A crack or opening, as in a rock.
2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

1. To split, forming fissures.

Anagrams

• fussier, surfies

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.syʁ/
• Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

fissure f (plural fissures)

1. fissure

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present indicative of fissurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fissurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
5. second-person singular imperative of fissurer

Further reading

• “fissure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Participle

fissūre

1. vocative masculine singular of fissūrus

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
3. first-person singular imperative of fissurar
4. third-person singular imperative of fissurar