Frangible Definition

frănjə-bəl
adjective
Breakable; fragile.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Frangible

  • From Middle French frangible, from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from frangere (“break”). Cognate to fraction, fracture, and fragile.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin frangibilis from Latin frangere to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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