friable.
Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
Meaning & usage
Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency.
Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.
Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.