splinter

Etymology 1
From, from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
 * 2) A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
 * 3) A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
 * 4)  A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
 * 5)  A fragment of a component word in a blend.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ashclji, aschlje
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: ezpal
 * Belarusian: ска́бка, стрэ́мка
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎤᏢᏓᎸᏓ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, , odštěpek
 * Dalmatian: sčela
 * Danish: splint
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: splito
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Friulian: sclese, scae
 * Galician:, racha, , pitela, cavaco, guizo, lerca, escádea, trisca, turraca, lircha, troupecelo
 * Georgian: ხიწვი, ხიჭვი
 * German:, Splinter, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: σχινδάλαμος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: päre
 * Irish: scealp, scealpóg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ចំរាស
 * Korean:, 지저깨비
 * Lao: ສ້ຽນ
 * Latin: assula, schidia
 * Latvian: skaida, skabarga
 * Lithuanian: drožlė, rakštis
 * Macedonian: спица, деланка, треска
 * Maori:
 * Norman: êclyi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: flis
 * Occitan: astèla,, ,
 * Old English: speld
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spekja
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: alcia, ascia, ascra, astua, astula, schedra, schelda
 * Scots: spail, pran
 * Scottish Gaelic: spealg
 * Slovak: trieska, štiepka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: wood, bone or metal esquirla
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: subyang
 * Tajik: параха
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ска́бка, ска́лка
 * Venetian: sgrexénda,
 * Walloon:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: splintergroep
 * Finnish: sirpaleryhmä
 * French:
 * Galician: bandaría, bando, faución
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: trupinys
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: factiune, schisma
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: frakcia
 * Swedish: avknoppning, utbrytning, utbrytargrupp

Etymology 2
From the noun.

Verb

 * 1)  To come apart into long sharp fragments.
 * The tall tree splintered during the storm.
 * 1)  To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
 * His third kick splintered the door.
 * 1)  To break, or cause to break, into factions.
 * The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
 * The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
 * 1)  To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
 * 1)  To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: разцепвам се
 * Czech: štěpit se
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, mennä säpäleiksi
 * Galician: . espitallar, lascar, lasquear
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: esfarpar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: spealg
 * Slovak: štiepiť sa, rozštiepiť sa
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pirstoa, lyödä säpäleiksi, panna päreiksi
 * Galician: rachar, . espitallar, lascar, lasquear
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: esfarpar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: spealg
 * Slovak: štiepať, rozštiepať, rozbiť, rozbíjať,, rozsekať
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: odštěpit se (to break)
 * Finnish: ;
 * Italian: fare a pezzi,
 * Slovak: rozdeliť, rozdeliť sa, štiepiť, rozštiepiť, štiepiť sa, rozštiepiť sa


 * Bulgarian: шинирам
 * Finnish:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  long, sharp fragment of material