Meanings
adjectivefragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative fragilest or most fragile)
comparative fragiler · comparative more fragile · superlative fragilest · superlative most fragile
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveReadily disrupted or destroyed.
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adjectivevulnerably delicate
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adjectivelacking substance or significance
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Origin
- Latinfragilis
- Middle Frenchfragile
- Englishfragile
Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هَشّ
- هَشّ (hašš)easily broken or destroyed
Basque hauskor
- hauskoreasily broken or destroyed
Bulgarian чуплив, трошлив
- чуплив (čupliv)easily broken or destroyed
- трошлив (trošliv)easily broken or destroyed
- крехък (krehăk)easily broken or destroyed
Catalan fràgil
- fràgileasily broken or destroyed
Chinese Mandarin 易碎, 脆弱
- 易碎 (yìsuì)easily broken or destroyed
- 脆弱 (cuìruò)easily broken or destroyed
Czech křehký
- křehkýeasily broken or destroyed
Danish skrøbelig, spinkel
- skrøbeligeasily broken or destroyed
- spinkeleasily broken or destroyed
Dutch broos, fragiel
- brooseasily broken or destroyed
- fragieleasily broken or destroyed
- breekbaareasily broken or destroyed
Esperanto fragila, facilrompa
- fragilaeasily broken or destroyed
- facilrompaeasily broken or destroyed
Estonian habras
- habraseasily broken or destroyed
Finnish hauras, särkyvä
- hauraseasily broken or destroyed
- särkyväeasily broken or destroyed
- hentoeasily broken or destroyed
French fragile
- fragileeasily broken or destroyed
German fragil, zerbrechlich
- fragileasily broken or destroyed
- zerbrechlicheasily broken or destroyed
Greek εύθραυστος, διαρρηκτός
- εύθραυστος (éfthrafstos)easily broken or destroyed
- διαρρηκτός (diarriktós)easily broken or destroyed
Hebrew שביר
- שביר (shavir)easily broken or destroyed
Hindi नाज़ुक
- नाज़ुक (nāzuk)easily broken or destroyed
Hungarian törékeny
- törékenyeasily broken or destroyed
Icelandic brothættur
- brothættureasily broken or destroyed
Indonesian rapuh
- rapuheasily broken or destroyed
Italian fragile
- fragileeasily broken or destroyed
Japanese 壊れやすい, 脆い
- 壊れやすい (kowareyasui)easily broken or destroyed
- 脆い (moroi)easily broken or destroyed
- 脆弱な (zeijaku-na)easily broken or destroyed
Korean 깨지기 쉬운, 파손주의
- 깨지기 쉬운 (kkaejigi swiun)easily broken or destroyed
- 파손주의 (pasonjuui)easily broken or destroyed
Latin fragilis
- fragiliseasily broken or destroyed
Latvian trausls, plīstošs
- trauslseasily broken or destroyed
- plīstošseasily broken or destroyed
Lithuanian trapus, dūžtamas
- trapuseasily broken or destroyed
- dūžtamaseasily broken or destroyed
Malay rapuh
- rapuheasily broken or destroyed
Māori kōpīpī, makuhane
- kōpīpīeasily broken or destroyed
- makuhaneeasily broken or destroyed
- pīrahieasily broken or destroyed
Norwegian Bokmål skjør
- skjøreasily broken or destroyed
Persian شکننده, ترد
- شکننده (šekanande)easily broken or destroyed
- ترد (tord)easily broken or destroyed
Polish kruchy
- kruchyeasily broken or destroyed
Portuguese frágil
- frágileasily broken or destroyed
Romanian fragil
- fragileasily broken or destroyed
Russian хру́пкий, ло́мкий
- хру́пкий (xrúpkij)easily broken or destroyed
- ло́мкий (lómkij)easily broken or destroyed
Slovak krehký
- krehkýeasily broken or destroyed
Spanish frágil
- frágileasily broken or destroyed
Swedish ömtålig, skör
- ömtåligeasily broken or destroyed
- sköreasily broken or destroyed
Thai บอบบาง
- บอบบาง (bɔ̀ɔp-baang)easily broken or destroyed
Turkish kırılgan, narin
- kırılganeasily broken or destroyed
- narineasily broken or destroyed
- hassaseasily broken or destroyed
- çıtkırıldımeasily broken or destroyed
- kırılabilireasily broken or destroyed
Ukrainian крихки́й, ламки́й
- крихки́й (kryxkýj)easily broken or destroyed
- ламки́й (lamkýj)easily broken or destroyed
- ломки́й (lomkýj)easily broken or destroyed
Vietnamese dễ vỡ, dễ bể
- dễ vỡeasily broken or destroyed
- dễ bểeasily broken or destroyed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fragile
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
fragile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragile
MLA
“fragile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragile. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fragile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragile.
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