"brittleness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brittlenesses [plural]
Etymology: From brittle + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|brittle|-ness}} brittle + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} brittleness (usually uncountable, plural brittlenesses)
  1. The state of being brittle (in various senses). Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: brittility [rare] Hyponyms: software brittleness Translations (material property): hauraus (Finnish), fragilité [feminine] (French), Brüchigkeit [feminine] (German), Sprödekeit [feminine] (German), Sprödigkeit [feminine] (German), Versprödung [feminine] (German), Zerbrechlichkeit [feminine] (German), भंगुरता (bhaṅgurtā) (Hindi), кршливост (kršlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), sprøhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), хрупкость (xrupkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ломкость (lomkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fragilidad [feminine] (Spanish), gevreklik [food, lifestyle] (Turkish), kırılganlık (Turkish) Translations (state of being brittle): hauraus (Finnish), aibrisce [feminine] (Irish), brisce [feminine] (Irish), caireacht [feminine] (Irish), sceiteacht [feminine] (Irish), sobhristeacht [feminine] (Irish), кршливост (kršlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), sprøhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), уязвимость (ujazvimostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gevrek olma [food, lifestyle] (Turkish), kırılgan olma (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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