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frangible.

Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹænd͡ʒəbəl/General-American
  1. Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.

Where this word comes from

From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

noun/ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹænd͡ʒəbəl/General-American
  1. Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.

Where this word comes from

From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

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