fragile

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with frail, fraction, fracture.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfrædʒaɪl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfrædʒɪl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

fragile (comparative more fragile, superlative most fragile)

1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

   The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.

   The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.

   He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

Synonyms

• friable
• breakly

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fractional
• fracture
• fragility
• frail
• frailty
• frangible

Translations

easily broken or destroyed

• Catalan: fràgil (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容易破碎 (cmn) (róngyì pòsuì), 易碎 (cmn) (yìsuì), 脆弱 (cmn) (cuìruò)

• Czech: křehký (cs) m
• Danish: skrøbelig (da), spinkel (da)
• Dutch: broos (nl)
• Esperanto: fragila (eo)
• Finnish: hauras (fi), särkyvä (fi)
• French: fragile (fr)
• German: fragil (de), zerbrechlich (de)
• Hungarian: törékeny (hu)

• Italian: fragile (it)
• Japanese: 壊れやすい (ja) (こわれやすい, kowareyasui), 脆い (ja) (もろい, moroi), 脆弱な (ja) (ぜいじゃくな, zeijaku-na)
• Manx: so-vrishey (gv)
• Papiamentu: bròs (pap)
• Persian: شکننده (fa) (šekanande)
• Polish: kruchy (pl)
• Portuguese: frágil (pt)
• Russian: хрупкий (ru) (xrúpkij), ломкий (ru) (lómkij)
• Spanish: frágil (es)
• Swedish: ömtålig (sv)
• Turkish: kırılgan (tr), narin (tr), hassas (tr), çıtkırıldım (tr), kırılabilir (tr)

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French

Etymology

Latin fragilis (“fragile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁa.ʒil/, X-SAMPA: /fRa.Zil@/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Homophone: fragiles

Adjective

fragile (masculine and feminine, plural fragiles)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragiliser
• fragilité

Anagrams

• giflera

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German

Adjective

fragile

1. inflected form of fragil

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fragilis.

Adjective

fragile m and f (m and f plural fragili)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragilità
• fragilmente

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Latin

Adjective

fragile

1. nominative neuter singular of fragilis
2. accusative neuter singular of fragilis
3. vocative neuter singular of fragilis