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friable

Meaningeasily crumbled

Common meaning: easily broken into small pieces

Journey through time

  1. Latinfriabilis‘easily crumbled’source
  2. Old Frenchfriablesource
  3. Englishfriable‘easily broken into small pieces’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin friabilis ‘easily crumbled’.

Roots

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