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fr.

fr. is the abbreviation of fragment.

Meaning of fragment

Noun

fragment (plural fragments)

  1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
    • a fragment of an ancient writing
  2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  3. An incomplete portion of code.
  4. (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
    • The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.
  5. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

See all 9 meanings of fragment

Proper noun capitalized: Fr.

Fr.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of France.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Friday.

Noun capitalized: Fr.

Fr.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Father, a title given to priests.
    • There, a Franciscan friar named Andrés Ivars asked that Fr. Císcar hear his confession before the friar was executed be firing squad.2017 December 16, “These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession”, in Catholic News Agency

Forms of fr.

Noun
pluralfrr.
Proper noun
alternative formFr
alternative formFR

Questions about fr.

What is fr. the abbreviation of?
Fr. is the abbreviation of fragment.
What part of speech is fr.?
Fr. can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near fr. in the dictionary

  1. FQPA
  2. FQT
  3. fr
  4. Fr*nce
  5. Fr*nch
  6. fr.
  7. fra
  8. fra diavolo
  9. frab
  10. frabbed
  11. frabbing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fr. (page history and authors); Fr. (page history and authors); fragment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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