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friability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonfriability

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noun

Meaning 2

excessive breakableness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crumbliness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breakableness

History

Etymology

From French friabilité.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: boşluq — quality of being friable
  • Azerbaijani: kövrəklik — quality of being friable
  • Bulgarian: ронливост (ronlivost) — quality of being friable
  • Bulgarian: трошливост (trošlivost) — quality of being friable
  • French: friabilité — quality of being friable
  • German: Mürbe — quality of being friable
  • Macedonian: ро́нливост (rónlivost) — quality of being friable
  • Macedonian: тро́шливост (tróšlivost) — quality of being friable
  • Romanian: friabilitate — quality of being friable
  • Russian: рыхлость (ryxlostʹ) — quality of being friable
  • Spanish: friabilidad — quality of being friable
  • Swedish: luckerhet — quality of being friable
  • Turkish: gevreklik — quality of being friable