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fragile
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, Canada) IPA(key): /?f?æd?a?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?æd??l/
- Rhymes: -æd??l
Adjective
fragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative fragilest or most fragile)
- 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.
- (Britain) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
Synonyms
- friable
- breakly
- breakable
- destroyable
- destructible
- See also Thesaurus:fragile
Antonyms
- durable
- unbreakable
- undestroyable
- indestructible
- antifragile
Derived terms
- fragilely
Related terms
- fractal
- fraction
- fractional
- fracture
- fragility
- frail
- frailty
- frangible
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fragilis. Doublet of frêle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?a.?il/
- Homophone: fragiles
Adjective
fragile (plural fragiles)
- fragile
Related terms
- fragiliser
- fragilité
Further reading
- “fragile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- giflera
German
Adjective
fragile
- inflection of fragil:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fragilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fra.d??i.le/
- Hyphenation: frà?gi?le
Adjective
fragile (plural fragili)
- fragile
Derived terms
- fragilmente
- infragilire
Related terms
- frale
- fragilità
Further reading
- fragile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
fragile
- nominative neuter singular of fragilis
- accusative neuter singular of fragilis
- vocative neuter singular of fragilis
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unstable
English
Etymology
un- +? stable
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ste?b??/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Adjective
unstable (comparative more unstable, superlative most unstable)
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Fickle.
- Unpredictable.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Synonyms
- (having strong tendency to change): labile
- (fluctuating, not constant): instable (rare); see also Thesaurus:unsteady
- (fickle): arbitrary, capricious
- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): tottering, unsteady, wobbly; see also Thesaurus:rickety
Antonyms
- stable
Related terms
- instability
- unstability (rare)
Translations
Verb
unstable (third-person singular simple present unstables, present participle unstabling, simple past and past participle unstabled)
- (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.
Anagrams
- abluents, ant-blues, bleaunts, blue ants, tunables, unablest
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