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English
Etymology
From Latin abruptiō.
Noun
abruptio (plural not attested)
- (music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
Latin
Etymology
From abrumpō (“to break off”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
abruptiō f (genitive abruptiōnis); third declension
- a breaking or tearing (off or away); separation, abruption
- (of a relationship) a break; separation, divorce
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “abruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abruptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.