frail

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
2. Weak; infirm.
3. In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
4. Mentally fragile.
5. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

Noun

A girl.

Verb

To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

Noun

1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
2. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
3. A rush for weaving baskets.

Noun

Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”)

Noun

Synonym of flail.

Konzepte

schwach

zerbrechlich

gebrechlich

schwächlich

schwächliche

Schwäche

hilflos

kränklich

leise

mild

sanft

Schwächlichkeit

schwankend

unbeständig

unkeusch

unstetig

vergänglich

zart

Zerbrechlichkeit

altersschwach

siech

🤢

brüchig

flau

fragil

Gebrechlichkeit

gelinde

Synonyme

weak

feeble

fragile

delicate

sickly

flimsy

brittle

breakable

infirm

thin

puny

transient

frangible

slight

decrepit

rickety

slender

emaciated

crisp

sick

🤢

tender

unstable

transitory

friable

perishable

light

slim

skinny

aged

ailing

ancient

detailed

exquisite

faint

fallible

fine

imperfect

insecure

loose

old

🧓

sensitive

shaky

twiggy

unhealthy

unsteady

valetudinarian

weakling

weakly

not strong

not firm

libidinous

forceless

valetudinary

weedy

feminine

pliant

poor

powerless

evanescent

queasy

reed

reedy

ethereal

rush

sappy

asthenic

easily broken

shivery

short-lived

eggshell

easy

silly

disheartened

sleazy

disable

debilitated

crumbly

slimsy

softy

squeamish

swaying

coward

clumsy

cane

brash

easily damaged

underdog

underfed

unfit

shattery

unskilled

bawdy

weak-willed

strengthless

wan

washy

watery

airy

gossamer

helpless

ill

🤢

weakened

impossible

impotent

inconstant

fragility

sinewless

insubstantial

languishing

languorous

lanky

lean

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fɹeɪl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: frele

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: frayel

In summary

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From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.