"friable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-friable.wav Forms: more friable [comparative], most friable [superlative]
enPR: frī'ə-bəl Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“I crumble”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|friable}} Borrowed from French friable, {{der|en|la|friābilis|t=friable}} Latin friābilis (“friable”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} friable (comparative more friable, superlative most friable)
  1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. Synonyms (easily broken into small fragments): crumbly Translations (easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder): ψαθυρός (psathurós) (Ancient Greek), փխրուն (pʻxrun) (Armenian), փուխր (pʻuxr) (Armenian), ронлив (ronliv) (Bulgarian), трошлив (trošliv) (Bulgarian), hauras (Finnish), hapero (Finnish), friable (French), cassant (French), brüchig (German), krümelig (German), spröde (German), zerbrechlich (German), bröckelig (German), morsch (German), mürbe (German), zerreibbar (German), bröselig (German), briosc (Irish), friabile (Italian), sfoglioso [masculine] (Italian), ро́нлив (rónliv) (Macedonian), тро́шлив (tróšliv) (Macedonian), ngahoro (Maori), pōkurukuru (Maori), ioio (Maori), friabl'ye [feminine, masculine] (Norman), یوفقه (yufka) (Ottoman Turkish), kruchy (Polish), sypki (Polish), friável (Portuguese), friabil (Romanian), casant (Romanian), fragil (Romanian), fărâmicios (Romanian), тре́скающийся (tréskajuščijsja) (Russian), кроша́щийся (krošáščijsja) (Russian), рассы́пчатый (rassýpčatyj) (Russian), ло́мкий (lómkij) (Russian), сы́пкий (sýpkij) (Russian), prhak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), friable (Spanish), frágil (Spanish), quebradizo (Spanish), desmenuzable (Spanish), ezilgen (Turkish), bông (Tày), ламкий (lamkyj) (Ukrainian), tơi (Vietnamese)
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  2. (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. Translations (loose and large-grained in consistency): փխրուն (pʻxrun) (Armenian), փուխր (pʻuxr) (Armenian), пу́хкі (púxki) (Belarusian), дру́злы (drúzly) (Belarusian), рохкав (rohkav) (Bulgarian), сипкав (sipkav) (Bulgarian), irtonainen (Finnish), lâche (French), friable (French), krümelig (German), bröselig (German), allentado (Italian), си́плив (sípliv) (Macedonian), takataka (Maori), ngahoro (Maori), marewa (Maori), friabl'ye [feminine, masculine] (Norman), friabil (Romanian), ры́хлый (rýxlyj) (Russian), сыпу́чий (sypúčij) (english: like sand) (Russian), sipak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sipkav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), flojo (Spanish), lucker (Swedish), bông (Tày), крихки́й (kryxkýj) (Ukrainian), пухки́й (puxkýj) (Ukrainian), сипу́чий (sypúčyj) (Ukrainian), сипки́й (sypkýj) (Ukrainian), tơi (Vietnamese)
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  3. (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
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  4. (mathematics, of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers. Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: friability, friableness, friably, nonfriable, unfriable Related terms: brittle
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "allentado"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sípliv",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "си́плив"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "takataka"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "roman": "rýxlyj",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "ры́хлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "like sand",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sypúčij",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "сыпу́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sipak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sipkav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "flojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "lucker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "bông"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryxkýj",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "крихки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "puxkýj",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "пухки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sypúčyj",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "сипу́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sypkýj",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "сипки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "tơi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "friable"
}

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