brittle

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• /ˈbɹɪtəl/ without t-flapping
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• [ˈbɹwɪthəl] ~ [ˈbɹwɪthl̩] without t-flapping
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• /ˈbɹɪtəl/ t-flapping
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• [ˈbɹwɪɾəl] ~ [ˈbɹwɪɾl̩] t-flapping
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From Middle English britel, brutel, brotel (“brittle”), from Old English *brytel, *bryttol (“brittle, fragile”, literally “prone to or tending to break”); equivalent to brit + -le.

From a diminutive form of Brett.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: крехък (krehǎk) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Bulgarian: чуплив (čupliv) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Bulgarian: трошлив (trošliv) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Catalan: fràgil — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 易碎的 — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 易损坏的 — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Czech: křehký — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Czech: lámavý — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Danish: skrøbelig — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Danish: skør — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Dutch: bros — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Dutch: broos — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Esperanto: frakasebla — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Finnish: hauras — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• French: fragile — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Galician: crebadizo — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Galician: quebradizo — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Galician: fráxil — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: spröde — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: brüchig — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: bröckelig — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: mürbe — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: morsch — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: fragil — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• German: zerbrechlich — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Ancient Greek: καπυρός (kapurós) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Ancient Greek: κραῦρος (kraûros) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Ancient Greek: ψαθυρός (psathurós) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Hungarian: törékeny — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Hungarian: rideg — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Icelandic: brothætt — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Irish: aibrisc — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Irish: briosc — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Italian: fragile — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Latin: fragōsus — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Macedonian: кр́шлив (kŕšliv) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Macedonian: кре́вок (krévok) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Macedonian: тро́шлив (tróšliv) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Manx: so-vrishey — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Māori: kōtihetihe — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Māori: mōwhaki — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Māori: mōwhakiwhaki — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Māori: waipawa — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Norman: brouyi — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Norman: câsuel — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Norwegian: sprø — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Norwegian: skjør — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Plautdietsch: brosch — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Polish: kruchy — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Portuguese: frágil — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Portuguese: quebradiço — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Russian: хру́пкий (xrúpkij) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Russian: ло́мкий (lómkij) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Scots: frush — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: krt — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: krhak — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Spanish: frágil — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Spanish: quebradizo — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Spanish: friable — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Spanish: vidrioso — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Ukrainian: крихкий (kryxkyj) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Ukrainian: ламкий (lamkyj) — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Vietnamese: giòn — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Welsh: brau — able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Bulgarian: крехък (krehǎk) — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Catalan: trencadís — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Dutch: breekbaar — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Dutch: bros — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Finnish: hauras — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Finnish: hapero — apt to break or crumble when bending
• French: cassant — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: spröde — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: krümelig — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: bröselig — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: brüchig — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: bröckelig — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: mürbe — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: bröslig — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: krümelnd — apt to break or crumble when bending
• German: zerreibbar — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Ancient Greek: κραῦρος (kraûros) — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Irish: aibrisc — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Irish: briosc — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Macedonian: кр́шлив (kŕšliv) — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Russian: хру́пкий (xrúpkij) — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Spanish: frágil — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Ottoman Turkish: یوفقه (yufka) — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Welsh: brau — apt to break or crumble when bending
• Bulgarian: чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Bulgarian: обидчив (obidčiv) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Czech: přecitlivělý — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Czech: citlivý — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Dutch: kribbigkoelafstandelijk — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Finnish: herkkä — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Finnish: hauras — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Finnish: herkkätunteinen — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• German: reizbar — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• German: kühl — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• German: fragil — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• German: instabil — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Macedonian: чувстви́телен (čuvstvítelen) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Macedonian: о́сетлив (ósetliv) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Portuguese: frágil — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Russian: чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Russian: уязви́мый (ujazvímyj) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Russian: беззащи́тный (bezzaščítnyj) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Russian: оби́дчивый (obídčivyj) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Ukrainian: чутливий (čutlyvyj) — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Welsh: bregus — emotionally fragile, easily offended
• Danish: krokant — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Finnish: krokantti — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• French: nougatine — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• German: Krokant — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Hungarian: grillázs — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Norwegian Bokmål: krokan — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krokan — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Russian: козинак (kozinak) — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Spanish: crocante — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Swedish: krokant — confection of caramelized sugar and nuts