fragile

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfrædʒaɪl/
• IPA: /ˈfrædʒɪl/ USA

• 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 (zh) (róngyì pòsuì), 易碎 (zh) (yìsuì), 脆弱 (zh) (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 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 (epicene, plural fragiles)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragiliser
• fragilité

Anagrams

• giflera

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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