fragile

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• US: /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/
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Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: theç — easily broken or destroyed
• Albanian: brishtë — easily broken or destroyed
• Arabic: هَشّ (hašš) — easily broken or destroyed
• Armenian: փխրուն (pʻxrun) — easily broken or destroyed
• Asturian: fráxil — easily broken or destroyed
• Azerbaijani: kövrək — easily broken or destroyed
• Azerbaijani: zərif — easily broken or destroyed
• Basque: hauskor — easily broken or destroyed
• Belarusian: кро́хкі (króxki) — easily broken or destroyed
• Belarusian: ло́мкі (lómki) — easily broken or destroyed
• Belarusian: хра́пкі (xrápki) — easily broken or destroyed
• Bhojpuri: नाचूक (nācūk) — easily broken or destroyed
• Bulgarian: чуплив (čupliv) — easily broken or destroyed
• Bulgarian: трошлив (trošliv) — easily broken or destroyed
• Bulgarian: крехък (krehǎk) — easily broken or destroyed
• Catalan: fràgil — easily broken or destroyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 易碎 (yìsuì) — easily broken or destroyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 脆弱 (cuìruò) — easily broken or destroyed
• Czech: křehký — easily broken or destroyed
• Danish: skrøbelig — easily broken or destroyed
• Danish: spinkel — easily broken or destroyed
• Dutch: broos — easily broken or destroyed
• Dutch: fragiel — easily broken or destroyed
• Dutch: breekbaar — easily broken or destroyed
• Esperanto: fragila — easily broken or destroyed
• Esperanto: facilrompa — easily broken or destroyed
• Estonian: habras — easily broken or destroyed
• Finnish: hauras — easily broken or destroyed
• Finnish: särkyvä — easily broken or destroyed
• Finnish: hento — easily broken or destroyed
• French: fragile — easily broken or destroyed
• Galician: fráxil — easily broken or destroyed
• Georgian: მყიფე (mq̇ipe) — easily broken or destroyed
• Georgian: მტვრევადი (mṭvrevadi) — easily broken or destroyed
• German: fragil — easily broken or destroyed
• German: zerbrechlich — easily broken or destroyed
• Greek: εύθραυστος (éfthrafstos) — easily broken or destroyed
• Greek: διαρρηκτός (diarriktós) — easily broken or destroyed
• Hebrew: שביר (shavir) — easily broken or destroyed
• Hindi: नाज़ुक (nāzuk) — easily broken or destroyed
• Hungarian: törékeny — easily broken or destroyed
• Icelandic: brothættur — easily broken or destroyed
• Ido: frajila — easily broken or destroyed
• Indonesian: rapuh — easily broken or destroyed
• Ingrian: rappia — easily broken or destroyed
• Ingrian: habras — easily broken or destroyed
• Italian: fragile — easily broken or destroyed
• Jamaican Creole: pyaa-pyaa — easily broken or destroyed
• Japanese: 壊れやすい (kowareyasui) — easily broken or destroyed
• Japanese: 脆い (moroi) — easily broken or destroyed
• Japanese: 脆弱な (zeijaku-na) — easily broken or destroyed
• Kazakh: морт (mort) — easily broken or destroyed
• Kazakh: осал (osal) — easily broken or destroyed
• Korean: 깨지기 쉬운 (kkaejigi swiun) — easily broken or destroyed
• Korean: 파손주의 (pasonjuui) — easily broken or destroyed
• Latin: fragilis — easily broken or destroyed
• Latvian: trausls — easily broken or destroyed
• Latvian: plīstošs — easily broken or destroyed
• Lithuanian: trapus — easily broken or destroyed
• Lithuanian: dūžtamas — easily broken or destroyed
• Macedonian: трошлив (trošliv) — easily broken or destroyed
• Macedonian: кршлив (kršliv) — easily broken or destroyed
• Malay: rapuh — easily broken or destroyed
• Maltese: fraġli — easily broken or destroyed
• Manx: so-vrishey — easily broken or destroyed
• Māori: kōpīpī — easily broken or destroyed
• Māori: makuhane — easily broken or destroyed
• Māori: pīrahi — easily broken or destroyed
• Mauritian Creole: frazil — easily broken or destroyed
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjør — easily broken or destroyed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skøyr — easily broken or destroyed
• Papiamentu: bròs — easily broken or destroyed
• Persian: شکننده (šekanande) — easily broken or destroyed
• Persian: ترد (tord) — easily broken or destroyed
• Polish: kruchy — easily broken or destroyed
• Portuguese: frágil — easily broken or destroyed
• Romanian: fragil — easily broken or destroyed
• Russian: хру́пкий (xrúpkij) — easily broken or destroyed
• Russian: ло́мкий (lómkij) — easily broken or destroyed
• Serbo-Croatian: фра̏гӣлан — easily broken or destroyed
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀мљив — easily broken or destroyed
• Serbo-Croatian: frȁgīlan — easily broken or destroyed
• Serbo-Croatian: lòmljiv — easily broken or destroyed
• Slovak: krehký — easily broken or destroyed
• Slovene: krhek — easily broken or destroyed
• Spanish: frágil — easily broken or destroyed
• Swedish: ömtålig — easily broken or destroyed
• Swedish: skör — easily broken or destroyed
• Telugu: పెళుసు (peḷusu) — easily broken or destroyed
• Thai: บอบบาง (bɔ̀ɔp-baang) — easily broken or destroyed
• Turkish: kırılgan — easily broken or destroyed
• Turkish: narin — easily broken or destroyed
• Turkish: hassas — easily broken or destroyed
• Turkish: çıtkırıldım — easily broken or destroyed
• Turkish: kırılabilir — easily broken or destroyed
• Ukrainian: крихки́й (kryxkýj) — easily broken or destroyed
• Ukrainian: ламки́й (lamkýj) — easily broken or destroyed
• Ukrainian: ломки́й (lomkýj) — easily broken or destroyed
• Vietnamese: dễ vỡ — easily broken or destroyed
• Vietnamese: dễ bể — easily broken or destroyed