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fragor

Syllables: fra·gor/ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡə/US/ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡɚ/

fragor noun: a loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.

Noun (1)

fragor (plural fragors)

  1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
    • The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks[…]1709, Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae

Noun (2)

fragor (plural fragors)

  1. (obsolete, proscribed) A strong or sweet scent; fragrance.
    • it seems offensive; and tasted, penetrates a strong brain by its fragor1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

fragor meaning in Tamil

fragor in Tamil

இரைச்சல்

Forms of fragor

pluralfragors

Origin of fragor

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangō (“to break”).

From the above, by confusion with the root of fragrant.

Words that rhyme with fragor

Questions about fragor

What does fragor mean?
Fragor means a loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
What is fragor in Tamil?
Fragor in Tamil is இரைச்சல். See Fragor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fragor?
Fragor is a noun.
How do you pronounce fragor?
Fragor is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fragor?
The plural of fragor is fragors.

Words near fragor in the dictionary

  1. fragmentors
  2. fragments
  3. fragnet
  4. fragnets
  5. Fragonardian
  6. fragor
  7. fragors
  8. Fragoso
  9. Fragosos
  10. fragrance
  11. fragranced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fragor (page history and authors); fragor (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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