Meaning

1 senses

  1. Something that is fragile.

Examples

108 sentences

  1. What's in this box is fragile.

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  2. What's in this box is very fragile.

    ruСодержимое этой коробки очень хрупкое. — soweli_Elepanto

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  3. Please put a fragile sticker on this box.

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  4. There's a sticker on the box that says "fragile."

    deAuf der Schachtel ist ein Aufkleber mit der Aufschrift „zerbrechlich“. — raggione

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  5. Tom was careful not to drop the box marked fragile.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of fra

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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Forms

plural: fragiles
Singularfragile
Pluralfragiles

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fractionC1fractiousC2fracturefragilityfragmentB1fragmentary
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