fragment
French → English
(physical) A small piece of something that has broken off or been separated from a whole
Les archéologues ont trouvé des fragments de poterie romaine dans le champ.
(English) Archaeologists found fragments of Roman pottery in the field.
Un fragment de verre s'est logé dans le pneu de ma bicyclette.
(English) A fragment of glass got stuck in my bicycle tire.
(literature) A small part or incomplete section of a book, poem, or musical work
Elle a lu un court fragment de son nouveau roman lors de la conférence.
(English) She read a short fragment of her new novel during the conference.
Nous n'avons conservé que quelques fragments de ce poème antique disparu.
(English) We have only preserved a few fragments of this lost ancient poem.
Entry ID: fr:en:fragment · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary