Fraktur

[ frahk-toor ]

/ frɑkˈtur /

noun

Printing. German black-letter text, a style of type.

(usually lowercase)Also frac·tur .

a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement.
the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs.

Origin of Fraktur

1900–05, Americanism;<German <Latin frāctūra “action of breaking” (in reference to the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word). See fracture

Words nearby Fraktur

frailero, frailty, Frailty, thy name is woman!, fraise, fraise du bois, Fraktur, Fra Mauro, frambesia, frambesioma, framboesia, framboise

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Example sentences from the Web for Fraktur

In the original book, all German text was printed in fraktur (Gothic) type.
Aus meinem Knigreich|Carmen Sylva
Bold and italicised text appeared in the original in fraktur.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 1 of 2)|Florence May

British Dictionary definitions for Fraktur

Fraktur

/ (German frakˈtuːr) /

noun

a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works

Word Origin for Fraktur

German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word

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单词	fraktur
释义	Fraktur [ frahk-toor ] / frɑkˈtur / noun Printing. German black-letter text, a style of type. (usually lowercase)Also frac·tur . a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement. the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs. Origin of Fraktur 1900–05, Americanism;<German <Latin frāctūra “action of breaking” (in reference to the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word). See fracture Words nearby Fraktur frailero, frailty, Frailty, thy name is woman!, fraise, fraise du bois, Fraktur, Fra Mauro, frambesia, frambesioma, framboesia, framboise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Fraktur In the original book, all German text was printed in fraktur (Gothic) type. Aus meinem Knigreich\|Carmen Sylva Bold and italicised text appeared in the original in fraktur. The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 1 of 2)\|Florence May British Dictionary definitions for Fraktur Fraktur / (German frakˈtuːr) / noun a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works Word Origin for Fraktur German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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