English

Adjective

fragile ‎(comparative fragiler, superlative fragilest)

1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

   The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.

   The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.

   He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

Synonyms

• friable
• breakly
• breakable
• destroyable
• destructible
• See also Wikisaurus:fragile

Antonyms

• durable
• unbreakable
• undestroyable
• indestructible

Derived terms

• fragilely

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fractional
• fracture
• fragility
• frail
• frailty
• frangible

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin fragilis. Doublet of frêle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.ʒil/
• Homophone: fragiles

Adjective

fragile m, f ‎(plural fragiles)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragiliser
• fragilité

Anagrams

• giflera

German

Adjective

fragile

1. inflected form of fragil

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fragilis.

Adjective

fragile m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural fragili)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragilità
• fragilmente

Latin

Adjective

fragile

1. nominative neuter singular of fragilis
2. accusative neuter singular of fragilis
3. vocative neuter singular of fragilis