adj
Meaning 1
Able to break or be broken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
breakable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Fragile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that is (easily) breakable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.
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noun
Meaning 4
A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adjective
Meaning 5
capable of being broken or damaged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- earthenware pottery is breakable
- breakable articles should be packed carefully
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unbreakable
noun
Meaning 6
an article that is fragile and easily broken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pack the breakables separately
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Broader terms: article
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чуплив (čupliv) — able to be broken
- Bulgarian: трошлив (trošliv) — able to be broken
- Catalan: trencable — able to be broken
- Chinese Mandarin: 易碎的 (yì suì de) — able to be broken
- Danish: skrøbelig — able to be broken
- Esperanto: rompebla — able to be broken
- Finnish: särkyvä — able to be broken
- French: frangible — able to be broken
- Middle French: frangible — able to be broken
- Galician: quebrábel — able to be broken
- Greek: διαρρηκτός (diarriktós) — able to be broken
- Hungarian: törhető — able to be broken
- Japanese: 壊せる (kowaseru) — able to be broken
- Kazakh: сынғақ (synğaq) — able to be broken
- Kazakh: сынғыш (synğyş) — able to be broken
- Manx: brishlagh — able to be broken
- Manx: so-vrishey — able to be broken
- Polish: łamliwy — able to be broken
- Russian: ло́мкий (lómkij) — able to be broken
- Spanish: frangible — able to be broken
- Spanish: rompible — able to be broken
- Swedish: bräcklig — able to be broken
- Chinese Mandarin: 易碎品 — something that is easily breakable
- Finnish: särkyvä — something that is easily breakable
- Polish: łamliwy przedmiot — something that is easily breakable