friable

Signification (Anglais)

  1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  2. Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency.
  3. Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
  4. Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.

Concepts

friable
cassant
lâche
meuble
tendre
tendu
Synonymes

crumbly
brittle
C2
fragile
C1
loose
B1
mellow
C2
breakable
mealy
frail
C2
short
A2
frangible
crisp
C2

non-cohesive

light
A1
loamy
crumbling
C2
crimp
40k
porous
41k
powdery
quick
A2
rickety
34k
rotten
B2
short-lived
25k
tender
B2
brickle
shattery
free-flowing

non-coherent

lacking cohesion

dry
B1
delicate
B2
ethereal
26k
crumby
Traductions

bröckelig
friável
desmenuzable
friable
mürbe

bröcklig

εύθρυπτος

سهل التفتيت

friabile
quebradiço
blando
flojo
frágil
tierno
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“I crumble”).

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