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Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, toxicology
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Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- friable sandstone
- friable carcinomatous tissue
- friable curds formed in the stomach
- crumbly cookies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crumbly
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
փխրուն
(pʻxrun)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Armenian:
փուխր
(pʻuxr)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Bulgarian:
ронлив
(ronliv)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Bulgarian:
трошлив
(trošliv)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Finnish:
hauras
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Finnish:
hapero
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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French:
friable
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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French:
cassant
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
bröselig
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
mürbe
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
brüchig
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
krümelig
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
bröckelig
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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German:
zerreibbar
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Ancient Greek:
ψαθυρός
(psathurós)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Irish:
briosc
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Italian:
friabile
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Italian:
sfoglioso
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Macedonian:
ро́нлив
(rónliv)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Macedonian:
тро́шлив
(tróšliv)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Māori:
ngahoro
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Māori:
pōkurukuru
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Māori:
ioio
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Norman:
friabl'ye
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Polish:
kruchy
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Polish:
sypki
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Portuguese:
friável
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Romanian:
friabil
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Romanian:
casant
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Romanian:
fragil
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Romanian:
fărâmicios
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Russian:
тре́скающийся
(tréskajuščijsja)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Russian:
кроша́щийся
(krošáščijsja)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Russian:
рассы́пчатый
(rassýpčatyj)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Russian:
ло́мкий
(lómkij)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Russian:
сы́пкий
(sýpkij)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Serbo-Croatian:
prhak
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Spanish:
friable
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Spanish:
frágil
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Spanish:
quebradizo
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Spanish:
desmenuzable
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Tày:
bông
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Turkish:
ezilgen
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Ottoman Turkish:
یوفقه
(yufka)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Ukrainian:
ламкий
(lamkyj)
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Vietnamese:
tơi
— easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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Armenian:
փխրուն
(pʻxrun)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Armenian:
փուխր
(pʻuxr)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Belarusian:
пу́хкі
(púxki)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Belarusian:
дру́злы
(drúzly)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Bulgarian:
рохкав
(rohkav)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Bulgarian:
сипкав
(sipkav)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Finnish:
irtonainen
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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French:
lâche
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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French:
friable
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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German:
krümelig
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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German:
bröselig
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Italian:
allentado
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Macedonian:
си́плив
(sípliv)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Māori:
takataka
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Māori:
ngahoro
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Māori:
marewa
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Norman:
friabl'ye
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Romanian:
friabil
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Russian:
ры́хлый
(rýxlyj)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Russian:
сыпу́чий
(sypúčij)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Serbo-Croatian:
sipak
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Serbo-Croatian:
sipkav
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Spanish:
flojo
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Swedish:
lucker
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Tày:
bông
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Ukrainian:
крихки́й
(kryxkýj)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Ukrainian:
пухки́й
(puxkýj)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Ukrainian:
сипу́чий
(sypúčyj)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Ukrainian:
сипки́й
(sypkýj)
— loose and large-grained in consistency
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Vietnamese:
tơi
— loose and large-grained in consistency
