"friable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-friable.wav [Southern-England] 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: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|friable|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French friable, {{bor+|en|fr|friable}} Borrowed from French friable, {{der|en|la|friābilis|t=friable}} Latin friābilis (“friable”), {{m|la|friō|t=I crumble}} friō (“I crumble”) 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), 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), ламкий (lamkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-friable-en-adj-DEoxtvUp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 17 5 39 Disambiguation of 'easily broken into small fragments': 72 5 3 19 Disambiguation of 'easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder': 83 3 3 11
  2. (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. Translations (loose and large-grained in consistency): 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), крихки́й (kryxkýj) (Ukrainian), пухки́й (puxkýj) (Ukrainian), сипу́чий (sypúčyj) (Ukrainian), сипки́й (sypkýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-friable-en-adj-nh6T2lrq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 17 5 39 Disambiguation of 'loose and large-grained in consistency': 1 95 2 2
  3. (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
    Sense id: en-friable-en-adj-ITd~dIBa
  4. (mathematics, of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-friable-en-adj-gYptU8-I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 17 5 39 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: friability, friableness, friably, nonfriable, unfriable Related terms: brittle

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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tréskajuščijsja",
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          "word": "тре́скающийся"
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          "roman": "sýpkij",
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          "word": "desmenuzable"
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          "word": "ezilgen"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "roman": "sipkav",
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          "word": "си́плив"
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          "word": "takataka"
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          "word": "marewa"
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          "roman": "rýxlyj",
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      "word": "hapero"
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      "word": "friable"
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      "word": "cassant"
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "brüchig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "spröde"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "zerbrechlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "bröckelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "morsch"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "mürbe"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "zerreibbar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sfoglioso"
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      "word": "ро́нлив"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "tróšliv",
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      "word": "тро́шлив"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "ngahoro"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "pōkurukuru"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "یوفقه"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "kruchy"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "sypki"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "friável"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "friabil"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "casant"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
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      "word": "тре́скающийся"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "friable"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "frágil"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "quebradizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "desmenuzable"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "ezilgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lamkyj",
      "sense": "easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder",
      "word": "ламкий"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "púxki",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "пу́хкі"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "drúzly",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "дру́злы"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rohkav",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "рохкав"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sipkav",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "irtonainen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "lâche"
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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": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "bröselig"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "allentado"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "sípliv",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "си́плив"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "takataka"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "friabl'ye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "loose and large-grained in consistency",
      "word": "friabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "friable"
}

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