different between frangible vs fragmentable

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frang? (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (“suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?æn(d)??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?ænd??b?l/
• Rhymes: -ænd??b?l
• Hyphenation: fran?gi?ble

Adjective

frangible (comparative more frangible, superlative most frangible)

1. Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. [from early 15th c.]

Usage notes

The word is often used to refer to objects which are made intentionally breakable, either as part of their operation (such as frangible bullets and frangible nuts), or for use in an emergency (such as frangible light poles or smoke outlet panels).

Synonyms

• fragmentable (not idiomatically interchangeable although denotatively equal)

Antonyms

• infrangible, indestructible, nonbrittle, unbreakable, unfragile
• unfrangible (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

frangible (plural frangibles)

1. Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.

References

Further reading

• frangibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin frangibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f?????i.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /f?a??d??i.ble/

Adjective

frangible (masculine and feminine plural frangibles)

1. frangible, breakable

   Synonym: trencable

   Antonym: infrangible

Derived terms

• frangibilitat

Related terms

• infrangible

Further reading

• “frangible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???.?ibl/

Adjective

frangible (plural frangibles)

1. frangible, breakable

   Synonyms: cassable, brisable

   Antonym: infrangible

Derived terms

• frangibilité

Related terms

• infrangible

Further reading

• “frangible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere, from frang? (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fran.d??i.bl(?)/, /fran?d??i?.bl(?)/

Noun

fran???ble

1. Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
2. Able to be dissolved; soluble.

Alternative forms

• fran???bil

References

Middle French

Adjective

frangible m or f (plural frangibles)

1. breakable

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin frangibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?an?xible/, [f?ã??xi.??le]

Adjective

frangible (plural frangibles)

1. frangible, breakable

   Synonym: rompible

   Antonym: infrangible

Related terms

• frangir
• infrangible

Further reading

• “frangible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

fragment +? -able

Adjective

fragmentable (comparative more fragmentable, superlative most fragmentable)

1. capable of being fragmented

Synonyms

• frangible