frail

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

weak

feeble

fragile

delicate

sickly

brittle

flimsy

breakable

thin

infirm

puny

transient

frangible

slight

decrepit

rickety

emaciated

slender

crisp

slim

skinny

sick

🤢

transitory

perishable

tender

friable

light

unstable

fine

weakling

weakly

fallible

faint

aged

unsteady

unhealthy

valetudinarian

not strong

insecure

ailing

imperfect

ancient

old

🧓

sensitive

detailed

loose

shaky

twiggy

exquisite

not firm

Translations

frágil

fragile

faible

fragile

schwach

frêle

zerbrechlich

delicado

frágil

zayıf

schwächlich

gebrechlich

débil

grêle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹeɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frele

Inherited from Middle English: frayel

In summary

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