"fragile" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹædʒaɪl/ [Canada, General-Australian, UK], /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ [US] Audio: en-ca-fragile.ogg [Canada], En-us-fragile.ogg [US] Forms: fragiler [comparative], more fragile [comparative], fragilest [superlative], most fragile [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædʒaɪl, -ædʒəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate fraction, fracture and doublet of frail. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{bor|en|frm|fragile}} Middle French fragile, {{der|en|la|fragilis}} Latin fragilis, {{m|la|frangere||to break}} frangere (“to break”), {{m|en|fraction}} fraction, {{m|en|fracture}} fracture, {{doublet|en|frail|nocap=1}} doublet of frail Head templates: {{en-adj|fragiler|more}} fragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative fragilest or most fragile)
  1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. Translations (easily broken or destroyed): theç [masculine] (Albanian), brishtë [masculine] (Albanian), هَشّ (hašš) [masculine] (Arabic), փխրուն (pʿxrun) (Armenian), fráxil (Asturian), kövrək (Azerbaijani), zərif (Azerbaijani), hauskor (Basque), кро́хкі (króxki) (Belarusian), ло́мкі (lómki) (Belarusian), хра́пкі (xrápki) (Belarusian), чуплив (čupliv) (Bulgarian), трошлив (trošliv) (Bulgarian), крехък (krehǎk) (Bulgarian), fràgil (Catalan), 容易破碎 (róngyì pòsuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 易碎的 (yìsuìde) (Chinese Mandarin), 脆弱的 (cuìruòde) (Chinese Mandarin), křehký [masculine] (Czech), skrøbelig (Danish), spinkel (Danish), broos (Dutch), fragiel (Dutch), breekbaar (Dutch), fragila (Esperanto), habras (Estonian), hauras (Finnish), särkyvä (Finnish), hento (Finnish), fragile (French), fráxil (Galician), მყიფე (mq̇ipe) (Georgian), მტვრევადი (mṭvrevadi) (Georgian), fragil (German), zerbrechlich (German), εύθραυστος (éfthrafstos) [masculine] (Greek), שביר (shavir) (Hebrew), नाज़ुक (nāzuk) (Hindi), törékeny (Hungarian), brothættur (Icelandic), frajila (Ido), rapuh (Indonesian), rappia (Ingrian), habras (Ingrian), fragile (Italian), pyaa-pyaa (Jamaican Creole), 壊れやすい (kowareyasui) (alt: こわれやすい) (Japanese), 脆い (moroi) (alt: もろい) (Japanese), 脆弱な (zeijaku-na) (alt: ぜいじゃくな) (Japanese), морт (mort) (Kazakh), осал (osal) (Kazakh), 깨지기 쉬운 (kkaejigi swiun) (Korean), 파손주의 (pasonjuui) (Korean), fragilis (Latin), trausls (Latvian), plīstošs (Latvian), trapus (Lithuanian), dūžtamas (Lithuanian), трошлив (trošliv) (Macedonian), кршлив (kršliv) (Macedonian), rapuh (Malay), fraġli (Maltese), so-vrishey (Manx), kōpīpī (Maori), makuhane (note: of fibres) (Maori), pīrahi (Maori), skjør (Norwegian Bokmål), skøyr (Norwegian Nynorsk), bròs (Papiamentu), شکننده (šekanande) (Persian), ترد (tord) (Persian), kruchy (Polish), frágil (Portuguese), fragil (Romanian), хру́пкий (xrúpkij) (Russian), ло́мкий (lómkij) (Russian), фра̏гӣлан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ло̀мљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), frȁgīlan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lòmljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), krehký [masculine] (Slovak), krhek [masculine] (Slovene), frágil (Spanish), ömtålig (Swedish), skör (Swedish), పెళుసు (peḷusu) (Telugu), บอบบาง (bɔ̀ɔp-baang) (Thai), kırılgan (Turkish), narin (Turkish), hassas (Turkish), çıtkırıldım (Turkish), kırılabilir (Turkish), крихки́й (kryxkýj) (Ukrainian), ламки́й (lamkýj) (Ukrainian), ломки́й (lomkýj) (Ukrainian), dễ vỡ (Vietnamese), dể bể (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fragile-en-adj-G5ri8sMR Disambiguation of 'easily broken or destroyed': 74 22 3
  2. (UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-fragile-en-adj-huUa-GW2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 50 42 1
  3. (UK) Thin-skinned or oversensitive. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-fragile-en-adj-xpxjGey6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 50 42 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: brittle, crackable, friable, gossamer, scissile, shattery Derived forms: fragile X syndrome, fragilely

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹædʒaɪl/ [Canada, General-Australian, UK], /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ [US] Audio: en-ca-fragile.ogg [Canada], En-us-fragile.ogg [US] Forms: fragiles [plural]
Rhymes: -ædʒaɪl, -ædʒəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate fraction, fracture and doublet of frail. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{bor|en|frm|fragile}} Middle French fragile, {{der|en|la|fragilis}} Latin fragilis, {{m|la|frangere||to break}} frangere (“to break”), {{m|en|fraction}} fraction, {{m|en|fracture}} fracture, {{doublet|en|frail|nocap=1}} doublet of frail Head templates: {{en-noun}} fragile (plural fragiles)
  1. Something that is fragile.
    Sense id: en-fragile-en-noun-VuuVCer4

Inflected forms

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      "word": "unbreakable"
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      "word": "undestroyable"
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      "word": "indestructible"
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          "text": "The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.",
          "type": "example"
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          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "theç"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brishtë"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hašš",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "هَشّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʿxrun",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "փխրուն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fráxil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "kövrək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "zərif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "hauskor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "króxki",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "кро́хкі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "lómki",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "ло́мкі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xrápki",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "хра́пкі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čupliv",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "чуплив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trošliv",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "трошлив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krehǎk",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "крехък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fràgil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "róngyì pòsuì",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "容易破碎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yìsuìde",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "易碎的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cuìruòde",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "脆弱的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "křehký"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "skrøbelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "spinkel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "broos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragiel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "breekbaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "habras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "hauras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "särkyvä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "hento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fráxil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mq̇ipe",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "მყიფე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mṭvrevadi",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "მტვრევადი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "zerbrechlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "éfthrafstos",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εύθραυστος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shavir",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "שביר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "nāzuk",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "नाज़ुक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "törékeny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "brothættur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "frajila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "rapuh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "rappia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "habras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "pyaa-pyaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "alt": "こわれやすい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kowareyasui",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "壊れやすい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "alt": "もろい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "moroi",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "脆い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "alt": "ぜいじゃくな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zeijaku-na",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "脆弱な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "mort",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "морт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "osal",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "осал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kkaejigi swiun",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "깨지기 쉬운"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pasonjuui",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "파손주의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
          "word": "fragilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
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      ],
      "links": [
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          "Thin-skinned",
          "thin-skinned"
        ],
        [
          "oversensitive",
          "oversensitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Thin-skinned or oversensitive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹædʒaɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-Australian",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædʒaɪl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædʒəl"
    },
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      "audio": "en-ca-fragile.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-ca-fragile.ogg/En-ca-fragile.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-ca-fragile.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-fragile.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/En-us-fragile.ogg/En-us-fragile.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/En-us-fragile.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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    {
      "word": "friable"
    },
    {
      "word": "breakly"
    },
    {
      "word": "breakable"
    },
    {
      "word": "destroyable"
    },
    {
      "word": "destructible"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "delicate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "flimsy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "frail"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "frailsome"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "frangible"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fragile",
      "word": "tenuous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "theç"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brishtë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hašš",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "هَشّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿxrun",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "փխրուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fráxil"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kövrək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "zərif"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "hauskor"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "króxki",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "кро́хкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lómki",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ло́мкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xrápki",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "хра́пкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čupliv",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "чуплив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trošliv",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "трошлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krehǎk",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "крехък"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fràgil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngyì pòsuì",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "容易破碎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìsuìde",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "易碎的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cuìruòde",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "脆弱的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "křehký"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "skrøbelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "spinkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "broos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "breekbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragila"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "habras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "hauras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "särkyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "hento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fráxil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mq̇ipe",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "მყიფე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mṭvrevadi",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "მტვრევადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "zerbrechlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éfthrafstos",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εύθραυστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shavir",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "שביר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāzuk",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "नाज़ुक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "törékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "brothættur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "frajila"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "rapuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "rappia"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "habras"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "pyaa-pyaa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こわれやすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kowareyasui",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "壊れやすい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もろい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moroi",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "脆い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜいじゃくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zeijaku-na",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "脆弱な"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mort",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "морт"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "osal",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "осал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkaejigi swiun",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "깨지기 쉬운"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pasonjuui",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "파손주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "trausls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "plīstošs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "trapus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "dūžtamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trošliv",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "трошлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kršliv",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "кршлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "rapuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fraġli"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "so-vrishey"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kōpīpī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of fibres",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "makuhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kōpīpī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "pīrahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "skjør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "skøyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pap",
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "bròs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šekanande",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "شکننده"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tord",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ترد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kruchy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "frágil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "fragil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrúpkij",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "хру́пкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lómkij",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ло́мкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "фра̏гӣлан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ло̀мљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "frȁgīlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lòmljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krehký"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krhek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "frágil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ömtålig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "skör"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "peḷusu",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "పెళుసు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɔ̀ɔp-baang",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "บอบบาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kırılgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "narin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "hassas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "çıtkırıldım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "kırılabilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryxkýj",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "крихки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lamkýj",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ламки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lomkýj",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "ломки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "dễ vỡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "easily broken or destroyed",
      "word": "dể bể"
    }
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    "fragile"
  ],
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/",
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      "audio": "En-us-fragile.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/En-us-fragile.ogg/En-us-fragile.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/En-us-fragile.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fragile"
  ],
  "word": "fragile"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.