different between fungible vs frangible

English

Etymology

1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“I perform, I discharge a duty”) (English function) +? -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibilis (“replaceable things”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?nd??b?l/, /?f?nd??bl/
• Rhymes: -?b?l, -?bl

Adjective

fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)

1. (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.

   Synonyms: interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.

   Antonym: nonfungible

   • 1649, Antony Ascham, Of the confusions and revolutions of governments, 30:

     Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?

   • 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton, Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, page 116:

     Gold is fungible. Silver is fungible; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another

   • 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:

     At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible.

   • 2013, Johanna Rothman, Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds

     However, unless you are unique among technical organizations and have fungible staff members who can easily replace each other, you'll need to augment the standardized description with your needs for this particular position.

Derived terms

• fungibility

Translations

Noun

fungible (plural fungibles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any fungible item.

   Antonym: nonfungible

References

Further reading

• fungibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bingeful

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin fungibilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

fungible (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)

1. fungible

Further reading

• “fungible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fungible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fungible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fungible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Adjective

fungible

1. inflection of fungibel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fung? (“to perform”). Cognate with fungible.

Adjective

fungible (plural fungibles)

1. fungible, expendable, consumable (exchangeable)

Related terms

• fungir
• función
• defunción

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.